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Jackpot - What does it mean?

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jackpot

English

Etymology 1

Attested as + pot.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
  • * 2000 , Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames ,
    • If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot' is rolled over and added to the next week's '''jackpot'''; several weeks of rollovers can build up ' jackpots up to $350 million or more.
  • A large cash prize or money.
  • An unexpected windfall or reward.
    • Usage notes
    * By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won). ** 1920 , , **: ... they played red-dog and twenty-one and jackpot from dinner to dawn, and on the occasion of one man's birthday persuaded him to buy sufficient champagne for a hilarious celebration.
    Derived terms
    * hit the jackpot

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A difficult situation.
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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    • References

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.