jackpot

/'dʤækpɔt/

Thân thiện

A lottery winner celebrates hitting the jackpot.

Definition

Noun: 1. A large cash prize in a game or lottery: The main prize, often accumulating until it is won. 2. The top prize or biggest win in any contest or endeavor: Can refer metaphorically to a major, often unexpected, success or gain.

Examples

• Literal:
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• Metaphorical:

Advanced Usage

• "to hit the jackpot": To win the main prize; to achieve great, often sudden, success or good fortune.
  • The startup hit the jackpot when their app went viral.
• "to hit (or strike) the jackpot": Can be used in non-gambling contexts to mean finding something very valuable or desirable.
  • I hit the jackpot at the used bookstore and found a first edition.

Variants and Related Words

• Progressive jackpot (n): A prize pool that increases each time the game is played but not won.
  • The progressive jackpot for the poker tournament was over a million dollars.

Synonyms

• Grand prize: The first and most valuable award in a competition.
• Windfall: A large, unexpected sum of money or piece of good fortune.
• Bonanza: A situation creating great wealth or success.

Idioms

• Hit the jackpot: As detailed above, this is the primary idiom associated with the word.
  • With that discovery, the research team hit the jackpot.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any outstanding award
2. the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pot
• kitty