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jackpot
[ jak-pot ]
noun
- 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.
jackpot
/ ˈæˌɒ /
noun
- 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
- to achieve great success, esp through luck
Word History and Origins
Origin of jackpot1
Word History and Origins
Origin of jackpot1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing jackpot
see hit the jackpot .Example Sentences
“I scanned it and I’m like, ‘Bro, you hit the jackpot!’’”
“They say you hit the jackpot the first time, and then you’re a compulsive gambler after that.”
Though Southern California has a jackpot of dire wolf fossils relative to other sites, extracting DNA from the local samples is difficult.
Saturday’s game was the 29th drawing since a player in Oregon won the Powerball jackpot in January.
Virgin Islands, will consist of a higher priced ticket, bigger prizes at every non-jackpot prize tier, better odds to win the jackpot, better odds overall, larger starting jackpots and faster-growing jackpots.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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