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jackpot¹
- /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
Rhymes with -ækpɒt
Where it comes from
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.
noun jackpots
- A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won. If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot is rolled over and added to the next week's jackpot; several weeks of rollovers can build up jackpots up to $350 million or more.
- A large cash prize or money.
- An unexpected windfall or reward.
- A concentration of surface wood or fuel. a juniper jackpot
- A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
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A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.
As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.
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verb jackpots · jackpotting · jackpotted
- Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot. I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.
- To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
jackpot²
- /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
Rhymes with -ækpɒt
Where it comes from
Unknown. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.
noun jackpots
- A difficult situation. and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know you are in a jackpot so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know what that last expression means, but I heard a fellow use it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix.
- A jumble of felled timber. It frequently happens that trees fall across one another, forming what is known as a jackpot. A number of trees may fall in a single jackpot. One of the tools with which appellant claims a bucker should be provided is an undercutter rigging. When trees are in a jackpot, the proper method of procedur
Jackpot³
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pot, kitty, lottery, lotto, sweepstakes, raffle, yahtzee, bingo, check, prize, bravo, award, lot, gotcha, fortune, congrats
Translations
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noun accumulating money prize pool
| Español | bote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잭팟 jaekpat |
| 日本語 | ジャックポット jakkupotto |
| 中文 | 頭彩 /头彩 tóucǎi, 頭獎 /头奖 tóujiǎng |
| Português | bolo, bolão, bolada |
| Français | jackpot |
| Deutsch | Jackpot |
| Italiano | montepremi |
| Русский | гла́вный вы́игрыш glávnyj výigryš, джекпо́т džekpót |
| العربية | الجَائِزَةُ الكُبْرَى al-jāʔizatu l-kubrā |
noun large cash prize
| Español | gordo, primer premio, bote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잭팟 jaekpat |
| 日本語 | ジャックポット jakkupotto |
| 中文 | 頭彩 /头彩 tóucǎi, 頭獎 /头奖 tóujiǎng |
| Français | gros lot |
| Deutsch | Hauptgewinn |
| Italiano | montepremi |
| Русский | джекпо́т džekpót, гла́вный приз glávnyj priz |
noun windfall
| Русский | куш kuš |
|---|
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title = {jackpot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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