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jackpot

/ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/

jackpot noun: a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

Noun (1)

jackpot (countable and uncountable, plural jackpots)

  1. 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.2000, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames
  2. A large cash prize or money.
  3. An unexpected windfall or reward.
  4. A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
    • a juniper jackpot
  5. (pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
  6. (uncountable, playground games) 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.2019 February 6, Amanda Zhang, “Amanda Zhang: There's no shame in liking "Twilight"”, in The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, M.I.: University of Michigan, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20...
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Verb

jackpot (third-person singular simple present jackpots, present participle jackpotting, simple past and past participle jackpotted)

  1. (intransitive) 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 $300.1999, Martha Shirk, J. Lawrence Aber, Neil G. Bennett, Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet
    • She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.2013, Amber Dermont, Damage Control: Stories
  2. (transitive, uncommon, crime) To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.

Noun (2)

jackpot (plural jackpots)

  1. (US, Western) 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.1904, C. A. Boose, “letter”, in The Railway Conductor, volume XXI
    • "I'm in a jackpot." Sympathy shone from those friendly eyes at once. "It's shore too bad for a lady to be in a jackpot," he answered me earnestly.1941, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, No life for a lady, page 284
  2. 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...1912 June 18, Supreme Court of Washington, “HENDRICKSON v. SIMPSON LOGGING CO.”, in The Pacific reporter, page 395

Proper noun capitalized: Jackpot

Jackpot

  1. A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

jackpot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jackpot in Hindi

जैकपॉट

jackpot in Tamil

நிறைபரிசு, போட்டிச் சிறப்புத்திரள் பரிசு

jackpot in Marathi

जॅकपॉट

jackpot in Urdu

سب سے بڑا انعام
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jackpot in Bengali
বিরাট সাফল্য, সৌভাগ্য লাভ করা, ভাগ্যে শিকে ছেঁড়া
jackpot in Telugu
జాక్పాట్
jackpot in Malayalam
ഏറ്റവും കൂടിയ സമ്മാനം
jackpot in Kannada
ಕೂಡುವ ಒಡ್ಡ
jackpot in Punjabi
ਪੌਂ ਬਾਰਾਂ paũ bārā̃
jackpot in Gujarati
જેકપોટ, જેકપૉટ
jackpot in Odia
ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ପାଟ୍, ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକପଟ୍, ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ପଟ୍
jackpot in Nepali
ज्याकपोट, ज्याकपॉट, ज्याकपट
jackpot in Arabic
الجَائِزَةُ الكُبْرَى al-jāʔizatu l-kubrā

Examples of jackpot in a sentence

  • The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars.
  • But once the buzz changed from "gassy" to "sparkling," the biz hit the jackpot.
  • When it finally stopped, Rudy figured he was within one eyecupful of the jackpot.

All 18 example sentences with jackpot

Synonyms of jackpot

Forms of jackpot

Noun
pluraljackpots
Verb
third-person singular presentjackpots
present participlejackpotting
past participlejackpotted
pastjackpotted

Plural of jackpot: jackpots

Origin of jackpot

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.

Unknown. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.

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Phrases with jackpot

Words that rhyme with jackpot

Questions about jackpot

What does jackpot mean?
Jackpot means a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
What is jackpot in Hindi?
Jackpot in Hindi is जैकपॉट. See Jackpot meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jackpot?
Jackpot can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jackpot?
Jackpot is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/.
What is the plural of jackpot?
The plural of jackpot is jackpots.

Words near jackpot in the dictionary

  1. Jackowskis
  2. jackpine
  3. jackpines
  4. jackplane
  5. jackplanes
  6. jackpot
  7. jackpots
  8. jackpotted
  9. jackpotting
  10. jackpudding
  11. jackpuddings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jackpot (page history and authors); Jackpot (page history and authors); jackpot (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackpot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jackpot (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackpot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jackpot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jackpot (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackpot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jackpot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੌਂ ਬਾਰਾਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); jackpot (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackpot (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackpot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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