Jackpot Definition
jăkpŏt
jackpots
noun
jackpots
A pot in a poker game made up of accumulated stakes, which can be played for only when some player has a pair of jacks or better with which to open.
Webster's New World
Any cumulative stakes or highest prize, as in a slot machine.
Webster's New World
A lucky development or substantial success.
American Heritage
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
Wiktionary
A large cash prize or money.
Wiktionary
idiom
hit the jackpot
- to win the jackpot
- to attain the highest success or reward
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Jackpot
Noun
Singular:
jackpot
Plural:
jackpotsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Jackpot
Origin of Jackpot
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Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.
From Wiktionary
Unknown. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.
From Wiktionary
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