bingo

«bingo» in Mova's school dictionary: a game where players have cards with numbers, and the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (uncountable); interjection

meaning for a pupil

1) Bingo is a game where players have cards with numbers, and the winner is the first to cross off all the numbers in a line or on the card as they are called out. tree →

2) (interjection, informal) "Bingo!" means "Yes! I've found it" or "Exactly right". tree →

sense in the lessons

Bingo is played at fairs, holiday camps, care homes, church halls and classrooms (maths bingo, word bingo). The caller shouts numbers, sometimes with funny rhymes ("legs eleven"). In maths lessons bingo practises number facts and times tables. Phrases: «bingo hall», «bingo card», «play bingo», «full house», «Bingo!».

examples

• Nan plays bingo at the community hall every Thursday. tree →
• We played times-table bingo in maths. tree →
• "Seven times eight?" "Fifty-six!" "Bingo!" tree →
• Cross off the number if it's on your card. tree →
• Bingo! I've found my lost shoe! tree →
• The first person to fill the card shouts "House!" tree →
• At the care home, the residents love bingo. tree →

note

Uncountable as a game; no «a». As an interjection it is always with an exclamation mark. In maths, bingo numbers are usually 1 to 90 (UK) or 1 to 75 (USA); each number is equally likely to be called.

In the corpora

• «We'll be the two old ladies at bingo.» Big friendships often start with something tiny.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bingo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.