bingos

(uncountable) 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.

(countable) A win in such a game.

(uncountable) 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:

Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.

(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.

(slang, obsolete) Brandy.

A male given name.

Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“game of chance”). [(uncountable) 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.]

(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.

(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.

(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.

(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.

(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)

(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Alternative letter-case form of bingo (“just sufficient to return to base”). [(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)]