bunco
- noun
- /ˈbʌŋkoʊ/
- US
- But you could do, you could do the club, like set it up like Bunco where you pick somebody's house and you set up a computer in each station.
- play bunco
- bunco group
Examples
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Playing bunco with friends is a fun way to spend a Saturday night.
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I've never played Bunco, but with a set this cute, I'll have to learn!
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And why is it in the bunco box?
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Take these ladies down to Bunco.
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I'm not invited to dinner group, Bunco, cookouts, nothing.
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I hosted bunco last week, and I still have the box with all of the bunco gear (dice, pencils, etc.).
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I hosted bunco last week, and I still have the box with all of the bunco gear (dice, pencils, etc.).
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He has the evening free anyway, because it's Virginia's Bunco night, and going to the gay bar quickly becomes the guy thing he can do while she's having her night with the girls.
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Our neighborhood hosts a monthly bunco night where everyone brings snacks to share.
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At the charity event, we played bunco for small prizes and enjoyed each other's company.
Synonyms
An activity people do with guests to make a social event more fun
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bunco is also the name of a social dice game played in groups, and the game likely took its name from the same gambling world where tricks and bets happened. That is why bunco can mean both a friendly dice party and, older, a cheating trick involving money.