jackpot

[ jak-pot ]
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noun
  1. the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.

  2. Poker. a pot that accumulates until a player opens the betting with a pair of predetermined denomination, usually jacks or better.

  1. an outstanding reward or success.

Idioms about jackpot

  1. hit the jackpot, Informal.

    • to achieve a sensational success; have sudden luck: The firm has hit the jackpot with its new line of computers.

    • to win a jackpot.

Origin of jackpot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; of uncertain origin

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How to use jackpot in a sentence

  • The business network's blockbuster IPO today means other jackpots on the horizon, spelling a new tech boom.

  • At first when we go out he's as shy as the man on the steamer who would rather play pedro when they make 'em all jackpots.

    The Four Million | O. Henry
  • Now let's have a round of jackpots and me for my mosquito net.

    The Trembling of a Leaf | William Somerset Maugham

British Dictionary definitions for jackpot

jackpot

/ (ˈdʒækˌpɒt) /


noun
  1. any large prize, kitty, or accumulated stake that may be won in gambling, such as a pool in poker that accumulates until the betting is opened with a pair of jacks or higher

  2. hit the jackpot

    • to win a jackpot

    • informal to achieve great success, esp through luck

Origin of jackpot

1
C20: probably from jack 1 (playing card) + pot 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with jackpot

jackpot

see hit the jackpot.

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