bingo card

noun

A card used in playing the game of bingo.

“Boland, Cummins, and Lyon all with centuries in the same innings. I wonder how many people had that on their bingo card.”

Meanings

nounbingo card (plural bingo cards)

plural bingo cards

  1. literallyA card used in playing the game of bingo.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyA list of expected or stereotypical events, outcomes, or clichés considered likely to occur in a specific situation, especially in reference to an event considered unlikely.

    Boland, Cummins, and Lyon all with centuries in the same innings. I wonder how many people had that on their bingo card.

    1 more example

    I'm recently out of an almost 6-year relationship that left me feeling emotions that I didn't put on my 2022 bingo card.

    2023 January 6, Korie Houston, “New Year, Same You”, in LGBTQ San Diego County News, volume 4, number 7, page 10
Cite this entry
APA

bingo card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingo%20card

MLA

“bingo card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingo%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bingo card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bingo%20card.

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