bingo

bingo

See also: Bingo

English

WOTD – 7 June 2008

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Etymology 1

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

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.

   There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.

4. (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

Synonyms

• (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bingo bango bongo
• bingo caller
• bingo hall
• bingo wings
• bullshit bingo
• buzzword bingo
• chicken bingo
• cow bingo

Descendants

• → Polish: bingo

Translations

game of chance

Afrikaans: bingo Armenian: բինգո (hy) (bingo) Belarusian: бі́нга n (bínha) Bulgarian: би́нго n (bíngo) Catalan: bingo (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 賓果／宾果 (bīnguǒ), 賓果遊戲／宾果游戏 (bīnguǒ yóuxì) Czech: bingo n Danish: bingospil Dutch: bingo (nl) n Esperanto: bingo (eo) Finnish: bingo (fi) French: bingo (fr) m Georgian: ბინგო (bingo) German: Bingo (de) n Greenlandic: bingo Italian: bingo (it) m Japanese: ビンゴ (bingo) Korean: 빙고 (binggo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دمبەڵە‎ (dimbelle) Lao: please add this translation if you can Maori: wharewhare Navajo: naaʼołí naalzhood Persian: بینگو‎ (bingo) Polish: bingo (pl) n Portuguese: bingo (pt) m Russian: би́нго (ru) n (bíngo) Spanish: bingo (es) m Swedish: bingo (sv) c Tagalog: binggo Turkish: tombala (tr), kazı-kazan, bingo Ukrainian: бі́нґо n (bíngo)

win

Finnish: bingo (fi) Polish: bingo (pl) n Turkish: tombala (tr)

scrabble play

Finnish: ritirati sanapeli French: scrabble (fr) m

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.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 31:

     ‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’

   • 2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star‎:

     Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!

3. (informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"

Synonyms

• (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
• (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

Translations

to claim a win in bingo

Afrikaans: bingo Dutch: bingo (nl) Finnish: bingo (fi) Italian: tombola (it) Navajo: oozbą́ Norwegian: bingo Polish: bingo (pl) Russian: би́нго (ru) (bíngo) Turkish: tombala (tr)

when finding something

Afrikaans: bingo Catalan: premi! (ca) Dutch: bingo (nl) Finnish: bingo (fi), napakymppi (fi) French: ça y est (fr) German: Volltreffer (de) m Japanese: 大当たり (ōatari), 大正解 (daiseikai) Polish: bingo (pl), proszę bardzo Russian: би́нго (ru) (bíngo), нашёл! (ru) m (našól!), нашла́! (ru) f (našlá!) Swedish: bingo (sv) Turkish: bingo

An exclamation

Maori: anā ia Polish: bingo (pl) Russian: точно (ru) (točno), именно (ru) (imenno), именно так (imenno tak)

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)
   • 1993, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, page 40:

     Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]

   • 2012, Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot, page 54:

     The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.

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.
   • 2009, Joe Edley, John Williams, Everything Scrabble: Third Edition (page 333)

     With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points.

4. (intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.

See also

• Kelly's eye
• man alive
• lucky for some
• Maggie's den, Major's den, Tony's den
• one fat lady
• doctor's orders
• legs eleven
• unlucky for some
• on its own
• sweet sixteen
• key of the door, key to the door
• two little ducks
• thee and me
• dirty Gertie
• more than eleven
• halfway there
• tweak of the thumb
• Brighton line
• red raw
• clickety-click
• bang on the drum
• trombones
• one more time
• stop and run
• between the sticks
• two fat ladies
• top of the shop

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to stingo.

Noun

bingo (uncountable)

1. (slang, obsolete) Brandy.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio

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• 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.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From English bingo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bingo (uncountable, accusative bingon)

1. bingo

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Finnish

Etymology

From English bingo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

Declension

Inflection of bingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		bingo	bingot
genitive		bingon	bingojen
partitive		bingoa	bingoja
illative		bingoon	bingoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		bingo	bingot
accusative	nom.	bingo	bingot
	gen.	bingon
genitive		bingon	bingojen
partitive		bingoa	bingoja
inessive		bingossa	bingoissa
elative		bingosta	bingoista
illative		bingoon	bingoihin
adessive		bingolla	bingoilla
ablative		bingolta	bingoilta
allative		bingolle	bingoille
essive		bingona	bingoina
translative		bingoksi	bingoiksi
instructive		—	bingoin
abessive		bingotta	bingoitta
comitative		—	bingoineen

Possessive forms of bingo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	bingoni	bingomme
2nd person	bingosi	bingonne
3rd person	bingonsa

Derived terms

• bingota

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biŋ.ɡo/

• Audio

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Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

1. bingo

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo (all senses)

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Greenlandic

Noun

bingo

1. bingo

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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!

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bingo.

Noun

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

1. bingo

Interjection

bingo

1. bingo!

References

• “bingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiŋ.ɡɔ/

• Audio

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• 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.

Declension of bingo

	singular	plural
nominative	bingo	binga
genitive	binga	bing
dative	bingu	bingom
accusative	bingo	binga
instrumental	bingiem	bingami
locative	bingu	bingach
vocative	bingo	binga

OrIndeclinable.

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbĩ.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: bin‧go

Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)

1. (uncountable) bingo (game of chance)

Interjection

bingo!

1. bingo (all senses)

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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014