jackpotjack‧pot /ˈdʒækpɒt $ -pɑːt/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
a £50,000 jackpot jackpot winners → hit the jackpot at hit1(25)
Word OriginWORD ORIGINjackpot
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 ➔ JACK1 (2) + ➔ POT1; from a card game in which a player needs two jacks to beginEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The jackpot is worth $1 million this week.
- Unemployed roadsweeper Mickey Reid hit the jackpot when his £4 Lotto ticket won him £1.8m.
- Mr Hill's huge jackpot cost him just 54p.
- Once, they had four out of five numbers for a jackpot and split $ 102.
- The changes, according to the pools companies, will increase the number of jackpot winners.
- The organisers of the pools believe that huge jackpots are their best weapon in fighting the threat posed by a national lottery.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that you get when you win► prize
Collocations something that is given to the person who wins a competition, game, or race: · The prize is a 3-week holiday in the Bahamas.first/second/third etc prize: · Second prize is a book token.win/get a prize: · She won the Booker Prize for her novel 'The Blind Assassin'.prize winner: · A list of prize winners will appear in net week's issue.
► cup a special silver or gold container, shaped like a large cup with two handles, that is given to the winner of a sports competition: · The Queen presented the cup to the captain of the winning team.
► medal a round flat piece of metal that is given to someone who has won a race, game, or competition: · The winning team went up to collect their medalsgold/silver/bronze medal (=a medal for coming first/second/third): · The gold medal was won by Anna Svensen.
► trophy an object or special cup that is given to the winner of a race, game, or competition, especially in sports: · The winner went to receive her trophy.· They became the first British team to win a major European trophy.
► jackpot the largest amount of money that can be won in a game of chance: · The jackpot is worth $1 million this week.hit the jackpot (=win it): · Unemployed roadsweeper Mickey Reid hit the jackpot when his £4 Lotto ticket won him £1.8m.
► winnings money that you win by playing games for money: · She collected her winnings and put them into her bag.· Scooping up his winnings, he went off to invest them at the blackjack table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► hit
Phrases· Vernon hits the jackpot Cardiff 2, Bath 3.· People who hit a $ 50 jackpot likely have found their favorite spot.· The 1987 Sunflowers tour hit the jackpot.· On lottery day, Boston Marathon officials discovered they had hit the jackpot.· He felt as if he'd hit the jackpot.· And six days later she hit the jackpot ... when Bonnie paid back the cash.· This time, though, they hit the jackpot with number 3 from Richard Jones.· But they'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► hit the jackpot
a large amount of money that you can win in a game that is decided by chance: - He really hit the jackpot when he married Cindy.
- And six days later she hit the jackpot ... when Bonnie paid back the cash.
- But they'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance.
- He felt as if he'd hit the jackpot.
- It could be that Grätzel's attempts to harness cheap solar energy may finally have hit the jackpot.
- On lottery day, Boston Marathon officials discovered they had hit the jackpot.
- The 1987 Sunflowers tour hit the jackpot.
- This time, though, they hit the jackpot with number 3 from Richard Jones.
- Vernon hits the jackpot Cardiff 2, Bath 3.
a £50,000 jackpot jackpot winners → hit the jackpot at hit1(25)