Definitions for jackpotˈdʒækˌpɒt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jack•potˈdʒækˌpɒt(n.)

the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game, contest, lottery, or the like.
(in draw poker) a pot that accumulates until a player opens the betting with a pair of predetermined denomination, usu. jacks or better.
Category: Games
an outstanding success.

Princeton's WordNet

pot, jackpot, kitty(noun)
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
jackpot(noun)
any outstanding award

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

jackpot(noun)ˈdʒækˌpɒt
the entire amount of money that can be won in a game

Wiktionary

jackpot(Noun)
A difficult situation.
jackpot(Noun)
A jumble of felled timber.

Origin: Also jack-pot, "big prize," 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from jack (n.) in the card-playing sense + pot (1). Earlier, in criminal slang, it meant "trouble," especially "an arrest" (1902).

Translations for jackpot

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jackpot(noun)

in playing cards, some competitions etc, a fund of prize-money that goes on increasing until it is won.

boerpot, pryspot, woekerpotAfrikaans
مَجْموع المبالِغ المُتَراكِمَه عند المقامره يأخُذها الرابح الأخيرArabic
джакпотBulgarian
jackpotPortuguese (BR)
sázka zvyšovaná až do výhryCzech
der JackpotGerman
jackpotDanish
το χρηματικό ποσό που προορίζεται για το νικητή παιχνιδιού ή διαγωνισμού και αυξάνεται διαρκώς μέχρι να κερδηθεί, τζακ ποτGreek
premio gordo, apuesta acumuladaSpanish
peavõitEstonian
بانک؛ جایزه بزرگFarsi
jättipottiFinnish
gros lotFrench
הַפְּרָס הַגָדוֹלHebrew
दावखेल में, खेल में जीता गया अधिकतम धनHindi
glavni zgoditakCroatian
főnyereményHungarian
jackpotIndonesian
(vinnings)potturIcelandic
montepremiItalian
賭け金Japanese
카드놀이에서 거는 돈Korean
bankasLithuanian
banka (kāršu spēlē)Latvian
cepumasMalay
potDutch
pott, (stor)gevinstNorwegian
pulaPolish
بانک؛ جایزه بزرگPersian
بانک،لویه دالیPashto
jackpotPortuguese
jackpotRomanian
джекпотRussian
bank v pokeriSlovak
ternaSlovenian
glavni zgoditakSerbian
jackpott, storvinstSwedish
เงินรางวัลจากการเล่นเกมหรือเสี่ยงโชคThai
potTurkish
(橋牌或博彩等)累積的獎金，頭獎Chinese (Trad.)
найбільший виграш у лотереї, джек-потUkrainian
بہت بیش قیمت انعامUrdu
tiền gà (trong đánh bài)Vietnamese
（桥牌）积累的赌注，累积奖金Chinese (Simp.)