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

Paying another star, especially one that may be losing value, is likely not on the Yankees' bingo card this coming offseason. —Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025

And to top off everyone’s bingo card, who would have predicted a global trade war in 2025? —Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

And directing Brandy was certainly not something that was on my bingo card two years ago. —Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 22 July 2025

Creating tech that resembles her best friend wasn’t on Riri’s 2025 bingo card. —Stacia Brown, Vulture, 26 June 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