Bingo vs. Tombola

Bingonoun

(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.

Bingonoun

(countable) A win in such a game.

Bingonoun

A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

Bingonoun

Brandy.

Bingointerjection

Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

Bingointerjection

(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

Bingointerjection

(informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"

Bingoadjective

Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). also written Bingo or BINGO

Bingoverb

(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.

Bingoverb

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

Bingoverb

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

Bingoverb

To return to base.

Bingonoun

a game commonly used for low-stakes gambling, in which numbered balls or slips are drawn at random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards, called Bingo cards, which have square arrangement of such numbers. Each card has a different arrangement of the numbers, and the first player to cover all numbers in one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is the winner, usually announcing that fact by a cry of "Bingo!"

Bingonoun

a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

Tombolanoun

A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.

Tombolanoun

a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum