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

Though rainy weather wasn’t on the bingo card for this year’s SoCal attendees, that didn’t dampen spirits around what is arguably one of the most eclectic Porsche shows on the calendar. —Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025

Our printable bingo card has categories across genres to expand your reading goals and is open from now until June 30. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025

But watching the former costars spoof the infamous kiss was not on our SAG Awards bingo cards. —Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025

That said, the overall quality of play in the Beehive State was not on our college basketball bingo card for 2024-25: — Brigham Young was picked ninth in the Big 12 preseason media poll with new coach Kevin Young and without last year’s leading scorer, Jaxson Robinson. —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bingo card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard