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jack⋅pot

  [jak-pot]
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–noun
1. the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
2. Poker. a pot that accumulates until a player opens the betting with a pair of predetermined denomination, usually jacks or better.
—Idioms
3. an outstanding reward or success.
4. hit the jackpot, Informal.
a. to achieve a sensational success; have sudden luck: The firm has hit the jackpot with its new line of computers.
b. to win a jackpot.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; of uncert. orig.
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jack·pot   (jāk'pŏt')   
n.  
    1. The accumulated stakes in a kind of poker that requires one to hold a pair of jacks or better in order to open the betting.
    2. A cumulative pool in a competition, lottery, or various other games.
  2. A top prize or reward.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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