jackpot
/'dʤækpɔt/
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.
Noun
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any outstanding award
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the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
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