Noun

1. 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. A win in such a game.

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

3. A play where all seven letter tiles are played.

Interjection

1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
2. Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall.
3. Similarly, used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!".

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