jackpot
/ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.50 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Uncountable
verb
To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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 juniper jackpot"
- "As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars."
- "I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300."
- "She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot."
- "and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know you are in a jackpot so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know what that last expression means, but I heard a fellow use it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix."
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עָקַב Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbusslbor.? French Jacquesder. Middle English Jackin English Jack English jack Proto-Germanic *puttaz Old English pott Proto-Germanic *puttaz Frankish *pottder. Vulgar Latin pottum Old French potbor. Middle English pot English pot English jackpot Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.