bingo

3 definitions • 3 examples

a game in which prizes can be won by matching numbers on a card with those chosen by chance

an expression of surprise and, usually, pleasure, for example when something happens successfully:

I was just about to borrow some money when bingo! - the cheque arrived.

I was just about to give up waiting when bingo! - he turned up.

a game of chance often played for prizes in which people are given cards and cover each number on their cards as it is called, with the person who is first to cover a whole line of numbers on any card being the winner:

Mother loved to play bingo at her church.