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bin·go
(bĭng′gō)n. pl. bin·gos
1. A game of chance in which each player has one or more cards printed with differently numbered squares on which to place markers when the respective numbers are drawn and announced by a caller. The first player to mark a complete row or other pattern of numbers is the winner.
2. A win in the game of bingo.
interj.
1. Used to announce that one has won a game of bingo.
2. Used to express the sudden completion of an event, occurrence of an idea, or confirmation of a guess.
[Origin unknown.]
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bingo
(ˈbɪŋɡəʊ)n, pl -gos
1. (Gambling, except Cards) a gambling game, usually played with several people, in which numbers selected at random are called out and the players cover the numbers on their individual cards. The first to cover a given arrangement of numbers is the winner. Compare lotto
2. (Games, other than specified) (in Scrabble) the playing of all seven of a player's tiles in a single turn
sentence substitute
3. (Gambling, except Cards) a cry by the winner of a game of bingo
4. an expression of surprise at a sudden occurrence or the successful completion of something: and bingo! the lights went out.
vb, -gos, -going or -goed
(Games, other than specified) (intr) (in Scrabble) to play all seven of one's tiles in a single turn
[C19: perhaps from bing, imitative of a bell ringing to mark the win]
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bin•go
(ˈbɪŋ goʊ)n. (sometimes cap.)
1. a game of chance in which each player has a card bearing rows of numbers in unique sequence and a set of numbered markers, a caller announces numbers drawn at random, and a game is won when a player can match and cover five numbers in a row.
interj. 2. (used to call a win in bingo.)
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| Noun | 1. |  bingo - a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cardsboard game - a game played on a specially designed board |
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Translations
لَعْبَةُ البنجولُعْبَة البنغو
bingo
bingo
bingo
tombola
bingó
ビンゴ
빙고
loto
bingo
bingo
bingospel
เกมบิงโก
trò chơi bingo
“并戈”赌博游戏宾果游戏
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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bingo
n → Bingo nt
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bingo
(ˈbiŋgəu) noun a gambling game using cards with numbered squares.
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bingo
→ لَعْبَةُ البنجو bingo bingo Bingo μπίνγκο bingo bingo loto tombola bingo ビンゴ 빙고 bingo bingo bingo bingo бинго bingospel เกมบิงโก tombala trò chơi bingo “并戈”赌博游戏Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009