bingo
1 of 2interjection
bin·go ˈbiŋ-(ˌ)gō 
1
—used to announce an unexpected event or instantaneous result
2
—used to announce a winning position in bingo
3
—used to express endorsement of a correct assertion
bingo
2 of 2noun
plural bingos
: a game of chance played with cards having numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random and won by covering five such squares in a row
also : a social gathering at which bingo is played
Example Sentences
Noun She plays bingo twice a week.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022 Match squares on your bingo card with art in the Heard Museum's exhibitions. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Salt City Wine & Dine will feature a vendor BINGO where attendees will have a bingo card with different vendors to go see and check them off. The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022 On June 25 and 26, Delicious Little Tokyo will return with a range of food tours, a cocktail tasting event and an all-ages bingo game located throughout the downtown neighborhood. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 Like most urbanites, my eyes were carefully attuned to the sidewalks, and seeing Jody’s bike was like ticking a square in some game of Gotham bingo. Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 29 July 2022 Matilda Wormwood is an extremely gifted, intelligent little girl, who is completely misunderstood by her car dealer father, Harry, and bingo-loving mother, Zinnia. Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022 State law permits counties to authorize non-profit bingo parlors. al, 1 July 2022 At the end of each month, Cafecito Bonito is transformed to host drag artists who strut through the coffee shop to chart-toppers in between rounds of Mexican bingo. Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022 See More
Noun
Mandi Wilson, a university administrator from Essex, had a bingo card on her phone, made by her daughter, of sights to photograph while in the queue: an overflowing bin, a Union Jack, a crying child, a flask of tea. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022 Match squares on your bingo card with art in the Heard Museum's exhibitions. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Salt City Wine & Dine will feature a vendor BINGO where attendees will have a bingo card with different vendors to go see and check them off. The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022 On June 25 and 26, Delicious Little Tokyo will return with a range of food tours, a cocktail tasting event and an all-ages bingo game located throughout the downtown neighborhood. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 Like most urbanites, my eyes were carefully attuned to the sidewalks, and seeing Jody’s bike was like ticking a square in some game of Gotham bingo. Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 29 July 2022 Matilda Wormwood is an extremely gifted, intelligent little girl, who is completely misunderstood by her car dealer father, Harry, and bingo-loving mother, Zinnia. Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022 State law permits counties to authorize non-profit bingo parlors. al, 1 July 2022 At the end of each month, Cafecito Bonito is transformed to host drag artists who strut through the coffee shop to chart-toppers in between rounds of Mexican bingo. Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Interjection
alteration of bing (interjection suggestive of a ringing sound)
First Known Use
Interjection
1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1923, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
bingo
noun
bin·go ˈbiŋ-gō
: a game in which players match numbered squares on a card with numbers that are called out until someone wins by matching five squares in a row