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.)

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