EGAVE

jackpot

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
  2. noun A large cash prize or money.
  3. noun An unexpected windfall or reward.
  4. noun A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
    a juniper jackpot
  5. noun A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
  6. noun 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.
  7. verb Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
  8. verb To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.

Similar words

pot kitty lottery lotto sweepstakes raffle yahtzee bingo check prize

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in with of and is on for was at

Word family

jackpots

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