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jackpot definition

☆ jack·pot (jak′pät′)

noun

  1. a pot in a poker game made up of accumulated stakes, which can be played for only when some player has a pair of jacks or better with which to open
  2. any cumulative stakes or highest prize, as in a slot machine

Etymology: jack, + pot

jackpot Idioms

hit the jackpot

Slang
  1. to win the jackpot
  2. to attain the highest success or reward

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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