Bingo (Noun)
Meaning
A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The caller announced the final number and shouted "bingo" as the winning player jumped up from her seat.
- The elderly woman had been playing bingo for years and was always the first one to arrive at the community center on Friday nights.
- The large hall was packed with tables of people quietly playing bingo, their eyes fixed on their cards as they waited for the next number to be called.
- As the last number was announced, the room fell silent and then erupted into cheers as multiple players yelled out "bingo" simultaneously.
- The retired teacher had never missed a weekly bingo night at the church since she learned the game from her grandmother.