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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
/ ˈdʒækˌpɒt /
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
A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold at a Shasta County gas station hit the whopping estimated $1.22-billion jackpot on Friday, officials said.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers, and the last Mega Millions jackpot was won in Texas on Sept. 10 for $810 million.
Within half an hour, the pair learnt they had won the £7.6m jackpot and life had changed forever.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers, and the last jackpot was won in Texas on Sept. 10 for $810 million.
These entrepreneurs sometimes invest in several groups in the hope that one of them will hit the jackpot when a vessel is captured so they can get their cut of the ransom.
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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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