BINGO

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.”

2. isim A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance

   “animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo”

3. isim A win in such a game.

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

4. isim A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
5. isim Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
6. ünlem Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
7. ünlem Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

   “‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’”

8. ünlem Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
9. sıfat Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

   “Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]”

10. fiil To play the game of bingo.
11. fiil To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
12. fiil To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.

    “With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points.”

13. fiil To return to base.
14. isim Brandy.
15. özel isim A male given name.

    “Bingo! Bingo! Where is the rascal, I wonder. […] ENTER Bingo, r. 2, with glass of cream, […]”

16. özel isim Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“game of chance”).

    “We like playing Bingo, which is good because Beth is in special ed classes in school now, and they’re teaching her letters and numbers, and Mommy tries to help her by playing Bingo.”

17. ünlem Alternative letter-case form of bingo.

    “I have this feeling of inadequacy because I can’t have any children. As a little girl, you’re playing with dolls and all this and you’re prepared right from when you are a little one. […] You’re prepared for this whole thing and then Bingo!—you can’t and you have to start thinking differently.”

18. ünlem Alternative letter-case form of bingo.
19. sıfat Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“just sufficient to return to base”).