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noun
Jackpot  n.  
1.
Same as jack pot. See under jack.
2.
Any larger-than-usual gambling prize formed by the accumulation of unwon bets.
3.
The highest gambling prize awarded in a gambling game in which smaller prizes are also awarded, especially such a prize on a slot machine.
4.
An unusually large success in an enterprise, either unexpected or unpredictable, esp. one providing a great financial benefit.
hit the jackpot to receive an unexpectedly large (or the largest possible) benefit from an enterprise; as, after prospecting for years, he finally hit the jackpot when he discovered a silver lode.





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"Jackpot" Quotes from Famous Books



... from him since he come to New York. So bein' as I got a chanct to go from Tucson with a jackpot trainload of cows to Denver, I kinda made up my mind to come on here the rest of the way and look him up. I'm afraid some one's ...
— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine
... he was told to do, and the next morning he went out to see whether anything had happened. What was his amazement to find that a mass of twisted stalks had grown out of his jackpot and climbed till they covered the high cliff back of the tennis court, disappearing ...
— The So-called Human Race • Bert Leston Taylor


Words linked to "Jackpot" :   poker game, kitty, award, stakes, stake, pot, wager, bet, prize, hit the jackpot


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