B-I-N-G-Oとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

別の表記

• Bingo

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/
• 韻: -ɪŋɡəʊ

名詞

bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos)

1. (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.

   He plays bingo with his family on Saturdays.

2. (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:

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

3. (countable) A win in such a game.

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

4. (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
5. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
   • 1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals can mean box office bingo.

同意語

• (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

派生語

派生した語

• → Polish: bingo
• → Chinese: 賓果 / 宾果 (bīnguǒ)

間投詞

bingo

1. Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
2. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 31:

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

   • 2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star‎:

     Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!

   • 2011 February 25, Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons, 7:35 from the start, in Simon J. Smith, director, Megamind: The Button of Doom (DVD/Blu-ray), Paramount Pictures:

     Megamind: Boingo!
     Minion: I think you mean "bingo", sir.
     Megamind: That's what I said. Boingo!

3. (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.

同意語

• (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
• (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

形容詞

bingo (not comparable)

1. (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)
   • 1993, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, page 40:

     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 […]

   • 2012, Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot, page 54:

     The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.

動詞

bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)

1. (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
2. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
3. (intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
   • 2009, Joe Edley, John Williams, Everything Scrabble: Third Edition, page 333:

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

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

参考

語源 2

Perhaps related to stingo.

名詞

bingo (uncountable)

1. (slang, obsolete) Brandy.

参照

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

アナグラム

• Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing