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jackpot
jack‧pot/ˈdʒækpɒt $ -pɑːt/ noun [COUNTABLE] [date : 1800-1900; Origin : ⇨ jack1(2) + pot1; from a card game in which a player needs two jacks to begin] a large amount of money that you can win in a game that is decided by chance: ▪ a £50,000 jackpot ▪ jackpot winners ⇨ hit the jackpot at hit1(25)
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB hit ▪ 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 ▪ 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. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The jackpot is worth $1 million this week. ▪ Unemployed roadsweeper Mickey Reid hit the jackpot when his £4 Lotto ticket won him £1.8m. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ 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.
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