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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
to win a jackpot
informalto achieve great success, esp through luck
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jackpot1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jackpot1
Idioms and Phrases
hit the jackpot,
to achieve a sensational success; have sudden luck.
The firm has hit the jackpot with its new line of computers.
to win a jackpot.
Example Sentences
Southern California has been on a roll with — again, exceedingly rare — jackpot prize winners.
The lottery luck keeps coming for Southern California, which now boasts two of the four Powerball jackpot winners this year.
The winner was the only person to pick all five numbers that were drawn Saturday night — 7, 10, 11, 21, 32 — plus the Mega Number 5 to hit the jackpot.
He’s like a broke gambler who believes his next risky bet will bring him that long-awaited jackpot.
“I scanned it and I’m like, ‘Bro, you hit the jackpot!’’”
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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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