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bingo definition

☆ bingo (biŋ′gō)

noun

a gambling game played with cards having rows of numbered squares, no two cards being numbered alike: players use markers to cover the numbered squares on their cards corresponding to numbers drawn by lot, and the player who first gets a row covered is the winner

Etymology: < ?

interjection

  1. in the game of bingo, used to signify that one has just finished covering a row of squares
  2. used to signify sudden action, change, or success

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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