Jackpot

Quick meaning: Jackpot is a noun meaning A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

Meaning

A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

More Meanings

1. A large cash prize or money.
2. An unexpected windfall or reward.
3. (forestry) A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
4. (pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
5. (intransitive) Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
6. (transitive, crime, uncommon) To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

a juniper jackpot

You're already in a jackpot, he said. I'm tryin to get you out of it.

I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.

She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.

Word Forms

• jackpots
• jackpotting
• jackpotted

Synonyms for jackpot

Depending on context, synonyms include pot, kitty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pot, kitty, lottery, lotto, sweepstakes, raffle.

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