bingo vs fiddle

bingo

noun
  • 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 

  • 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. 

  • A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus. 

  • A win in such a game. 

verb
  • To play the game of bingo. 

  • To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus. 

  • To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game. 

  • To return to base. 

intj
  • Used by players of bingo to claim a win. 

  • Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task. 

  • Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!" 

adj
  • Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO) 

fiddle

noun
  • Synonym of clown: an unserious person entertaining a group. 

  • Synonym of workaround, a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem. 

  • A rack for drying pottery after glazing. 

  • A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument. 

  • Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water. 

  • Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically. 

  • A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc. 

verb
  • To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style. 

  • To cheat or swindle; to commit fraud. 

  • Synonym of tinker, to make small adjustments or improvements. 

  • To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness. 

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