jackpot
the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
Poker. a pot that accumulates until a player opens the betting with a pair of predetermined denomination, usually jacks or better.
an outstanding reward or success.
Idioms about jackpot
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
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
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. HenryNow 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
/ (ˈdʒækˌpɒt) /
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
hit the jackpot
to win a jackpot
informal to achieve great success, esp through luck
Origin of jackpot
1Collins 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
see hit the jackpot.
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