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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
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!’’”
“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.
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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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