jackpot

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see also: Jackpot

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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.
4. (forestry) A concentration of surface wood or fuel.

   a juniper jackpot

Translations

• French: jackpot
• German: Jackpot
• Italian: montepremi
• Portuguese: bolo, bolão, bolada
• Russian: гла́вный вы́игрыш
• Spanish: bote

Translations

• French: gros lot
• German: Hauptgewinn
• Italian: montepremi
• Russian: джекпо́т
• Spanish: gordo, primer premio, bote

Translations

• Russian: куш

Verb

jackpot (jackpots, present participle jackpotting; past and past participle jackpotted)

1. (of a slot machine, intransitive) To issue a jackpot.
   • 1999, Martha Shirk, ‎J. Lawrence Aber, ‎Neil G. Bennett, Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet ↗

     I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.

   • 2013, Amber Dermont, Damage Control: Stories ↗

     She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.

Noun

jackpot (plural jackpots)

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

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Jackpot

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Proper noun

1. CDP in Elko County, Nevada.

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