beano

1 9.9

A game where numbered balls are drawn and players mark the matching numbers on a card

noun

Archaic

: bingo

She invited all her friends over for a beano filled with food, fun, and games of chance.

Examples

Scottish publisher DC Thomson has asked Dundee City Council to rename a street in the city's west end to honor the Bash Street Kids, stars of the long-running comic strip in The Beano.

Blog text (1)
Every Friday night, the community center hosts a beano where everyone gathers to play and win prizes.
What the fuck you doing, beano?

The Last Castle (2001)
And your Beano, in case you have a snack.

Daddy Day Camp (2007)
We squirmed through the shit hoop for that little beano freak, huh?

Gun Shy (2000)
Obama's top economic gasbags just ate another can of beans and forgot to take their beano.

Blog text (23)
They were excited to attend the beano at the local hall, where numbered balls would be drawn for the chance to win.

Synonyms

bingo

vsbeano

118 2.0

A game where players mark numbers on cards and call out when they win

is the same game but named differently in some places

lotto

vsbeano

49 4.4

A game where players mark numbers on a card and hope to win money

is the same basic draw game but often used as a broader term

keno

vsbeano

4 8.5

A game where players pick numbers and win money when they match numbers drawn

is similar but focuses on chosen numbers rather than marking card patterns

Surface Forms

beano singular

beanos plural

Morphology

beano = bean (semi-transparent) = bean + o

Formally built from 'bean' + the slang suffix '-o', but the specific meaning 'a bingo-like game' is not predictable from 'bean' alone for average learners.

Etymology

Beano comes from the small dried bean people used to mark numbers on their cards at fair games, and players often shouted 'beano' when they won. So beano became the name for the bingo-like game where you cover numbers and try to win.