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bingo noun [ ˈbɪŋɡəʊ ]

• a game in which players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers.
• "a bingo hall"

bingo exclamation

• a call by someone who wins a game of bingo.
• used to express satisfaction at a sudden positive event or outcome.
• "Just swipe the pen over a bar code and bingo! The recorder's programmed itself"
Origin: 1920s (as exclamation): of unknown origin.


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