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Definition jackpot

Etymology 1

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

jackpot (plural jackpots)

1. A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
2. A large cash prize or money.
3. An unexpected windfall or reward.

Verb

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

1. (of a slot machine, intransitive) To issue a jackpot.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

jackpot (plural jackpots)

1. (Western US) A difficult situation.
2. A jumble of felled timber.

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