bingos

Noun (1)

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.
   • He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.

   Synonyms:

   housey-housey, lotto

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.
   • There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
4. (US, countable) 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.
   • An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals...1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Noun (2)

bingo (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, slang) Brandy.

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