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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈdʒækpɑːt/ · UK /ˈdʒækpɒt/
jackpot means: A very large amount of money won as a prize.
noun
A very large amount of money won as a prize.
- She won the jackpot.
- The jackpot paid for their new house.
- Two players shared a million-dollar jackpot.
Prize money that grows until someone wins it by meeting particular conditions.
- The jackpot keeps growing.
- Nobody won the jackpot last week.
- The lottery jackpot reached ten million pounds.
An unexpected success or valuable reward that comes through good luck.
- We hit the jackpot with this hotel.
- Finding those old letters was a jackpot for the historian.
- Her search finally produced a jackpot of useful information.
A large bonus of points won in a pinball game.
- That shot earned a jackpot.
- Collect the jackpot before the ball drops.
- Several jackpots pushed her score past a million.
verb
If a slot machine does this, it pays out its biggest prize.
- The machine might jackpot tonight.
- A machine jackpotted just as we walked past.
- Players cheered when the slot machine jackpotted.
Questions about jackpot
What does jackpot mean?
A very large amount of money won as a prize.
What is jackpot in other languages?
Türkçe: büyük ikramiye · Español: premio gordo · Français: gros lot · Deutsch: Hauptgewinn · Italiano: jackpot · 日本語: 大当たり
How do you pronounce jackpot?
In American English /ˈdʒækpɑːt/; in British English /ˈdʒækpɒt/.
How do you use jackpot in a sentence?
She won the jackpot. The jackpot paid for their new house.
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