bingo

bingo

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English

Etymology 1

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

Alternative forms

  • Bingo

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos)

  1. (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
  2. (uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
    animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo
  3. (countable) A win in such a game.
  4. (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
  5. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
Synonyms
  • (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Polish: bingo
Translations

Interjection

bingo

  1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
  2. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
  3. (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
Synonyms
  • (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
  • (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!
Translations

Adjective

bingo (not comparable)

  1. (US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

Verb

bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
  2. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
  3. (intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
  4. (intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.

See also

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to stingo.

Noun

bingo (uncountable)

  1. (slang, obsolete) Brandy.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoː/
  • Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo m (plural bingo's)

  1. bingo (a game of chance)
  2. bingo (a win in that game of chance)

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo; expression to claim a win in bingo.
  2. bingo; expression to indicate that a hit has been landed or that one has an idea.

Esperanto

Etymology

From English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbinɡo]
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo (uncountable, accusative bingon)

  1. bingo

Finnish

Etymology

From English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiŋːo/, [ˈbiŋːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -iŋːo
  • Hyphenation(key): bin‧go

Noun

bingo

  1. bingo

Declension

Derived terms

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo

Further reading

  • “bingo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biŋ.ɡo/

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

  1. bingo

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo (all senses)

Greenlandic

Noun

bingo

  1. bingo

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbin.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Hyphenation: bìn‧go

Noun

bingo m (invariable)

  1. bingo (game)

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo!

Malagasy

Etymology

Related to faingoka, compare with Malay bengkok (“bent”).

Adjective

bingo

  1. crooked, bent

Further reading

  • bingo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bingo.

Noun

bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoer, definite plural bingoene)

  1. bingo

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo!

References

  • “bingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪŋu/

Noun

bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoar, definite plural bingoane)

  1. bingo

Derived terms

  • bingoblokk
  • radiobingo

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo!

References

  • “bingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiŋ.ɡɔ/
  • Rhymes: -iŋɡɔ
  • Syllabification: bin‧go

Noun

bingo n (indeclinable)

  1. bingo (game of chance)
    bingo fantowe ― raffle bingo
    gra bingo ― game of bingo
    salon bingo ― bingo hall
    gra w bingo ― a round of bingo
    grać w bingo ― to play bingo
  2. bingo (win)
    mieć bingo ― to have a bingo
    trafić bingo ― to hit a bingo

Declension

Usually in the singular.

or

Indeclinable.

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo! (to claim a win in bingo)
  2. bingo! (used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task)

Further reading

  • bingo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bingo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩɡu
  • Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

  1. (uncountable) bingo (game of chance)

Interjection

bingo!

  1. bingo (all senses)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbinɡo/ [ˈbĩŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Syllabification: bin‧go

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

  1. bingo (game)

Further reading

  • “bingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

bingo c

  1. bingo (game of chance)
  2. a bingo (win in such a game)

Declension

Interjection

bingo

  1. bingo (when claiming a win in bingo)
  2. bingo (you got it!)
  3. bingo (success!)

References

  • bingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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