jackpot

Etymology 1
Attested as, 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 +.

Noun

 * 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)  A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
 * a juniper jackpot
 * 1)  A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
 * 1)  A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.

Usage notes

 * By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won).

Translations

 * Arabic: الجَائِزَةُ الكُبْرَى
 * Armenian: ջեքփոթ
 * Bulgarian: джекпот
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: jackpot
 * Danish: jackpot
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジャックポット
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: jackpot, jekkpott
 * Nynorsk: jackpot, jekkpott
 * Polish: główna wygrana
 * Portuguese:, bolão,
 * Russian: гла́вный вы́игрыш,
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian: джекпот
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: jackpot
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジャックポット
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: jackpot, jekkpott
 * Nynorsk: jackpot, jekkpott
 * Russian:, гла́вный приз
 * Spanish:, primer premio,


 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: hvalreki
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To issue a jackpot.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.

Etymology 2
. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.

Noun

 * 1)  A difficult situation.
 * 2) A jumble of felled timber.
 * 1) A jumble of felled timber.
 * 1) A jumble of felled timber.
 * 1) A jumble of felled timber.

Noun

 * 1)  (all senses)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won

Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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