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How to pronounce “bingo”

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Pronunciation guide for bingo

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bingo with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: 10 Hot Tips for Promoting Your Businessfor senior citizens, what they were interested in was bingo.
Definition summary: (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.

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10 Hot Tips for Promoting Your Business

for senior citizens, what they were interested in was bingo.

[Noun]
(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.
(uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
(countable) A win in such a game.
(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
[Interjection]
Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
(informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.
[Adjective]
(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
[Verb]
(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.