Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

    Jackpot

    гла́вный вы́игрышglávnyj výigryš, джекпо́тdžekpót

  2. (countable, uncountable)A large cash prize or money.

    Hauptgewinn

    джекпо́тdžekpót, гла́вный призglávnyj priz

  3. (countable, uncountable)An unexpected windfall or reward.

    кушkuš

  4. (countable, uncountable)A concentration of surface wood or fuel.

    a juniper jackpot

  5. (countable, uncountable)A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.

  6. (uncountable)A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.

  7. (US, Western)A difficult situation.

  8. A jumble of felled timber.

More definitions
  • any outstanding award
  • the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I've hit the jackpot.

    Я зірвав джекпот. — deniko

    ruЯ сорвал джекпот. — paul_lingvo

  2. I hit the jackpot.

    ruЯ сорвал джекпот. — paul_lingvo

  3. We hit the jackpot.

    ruМы сорвали джекпот. — odexed

  4. Tom hit the jackpot.

    ruТом сорвал джекпот. — ZegPhig

  5. My sister hit the jackpot.

    ruМоя сестра выиграла в лотерею! — Hellerick

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
accumulating money prize pool:
large cash prize:
windfall:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
accumulating money prize pool:
large cash prize:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: jackpots
Singularjackpot
Pluraljackpots

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker):potkitty

Word family

4 related words

See also

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