Bingo vs Finish - What's the difference?
bingo | finish |
(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.
(countable) A win in such a game.
(countable, Scrabble) A play where all seven letter tiles are played.
(informal)
(informal) (Used to declare) "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"
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:
* 2012 , Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot , page 54:
an end: the end of anything
a protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces
the result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth
(label) a shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal
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(label) to complete (something)
(label) to apply a treatment to (a surface or similar)
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(label) to change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal
(label) to come to an end
As nouns the difference between bingo and finish
is that bingo is bingo (game ) while finish is an end: the end of anything.As a verb finish is
(label) to complete (something).bingo
English
(wikipedia bingo)Noun
- There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
Synonyms
* (game of chance) housey-housey, lottoDerived terms
* bingo caller * bingo hall * bingo wings * bullshit bingoInterjection
Synonyms
* (used in bingo to claim a win) house! * (when finding something) aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!Adjective
(-)- 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
- The first pilot to get down to this bingo' fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, ' bingo fuel,” or whatever.
See also
* Kelly's eye * man alive * lucky for some * Maggie's den, Major's den, Tony's den * one fat lady * doctor's orders * legs eleven * unlucky for some * on its own * sweet sixteen * key of the door, key to the door * two little ducks * thee and me * dirty Gertie * more than eleven * halfway there * tweak of the thumb * Brighton line * red raw * clickety-click * bang on the drum * trombones * one more time * stop and run * between the sticks * two fat ladies * top of the shopAnagrams
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English
Noun
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