bingo card

noun

variants or less commonly Bingo card

plural bingo cards also Bingo cards

1

: a card that is used in the game of bingo and that has numbered squares which are covered as corresponding numbered balls are drawn at random until one of the players wins by covering five such squares in a row

2

slang : a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios

—usually used in the phrase on one's bingo card

I'm pretty sure nobody had "global pandemic" on their bingo cards back in 2016 …

—Mollie Taylor

As always I am writing this whilst re-reading my predictions from the previous year. I was partially right about continued struggles around talent and supply, but I didn't have major data breaches on my bingo card.

—Jasmin Bedir

Who had "Bulls winning the East" on their preseason Bingo card? Not I.

—Cole Huff

Examples of bingo card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But on players’ Palmetto State barrier island bingo card, Kiawah, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and Pawleys are the squares that get marked most often. —Mike Dojc, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

Get your bingo card stamped at each location to win prizes. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024

Open and play along in a new tab: Debate bingo card one, card two, card three, or card four. —Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024

Bic, the company best known for ballpoint pens, razors, and lighters, has just revealed a collaboration that no one could have possibly had on their 2024 bingo cards. —Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1