jackpot
(noun) any outstanding award
pot, jackpot, kitty
(noun) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jackpot (plural jackpots)
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
A large cash prize or money.
An unexpected windfall or reward.
(forestry) A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
(pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
• By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won).
jackpot (third-person singular simple present jackpots, present participle jackpotting, simple past and past participle jackpotted)
(of a slot machine, intransitive) To issue a jackpot.
jackpot (plural jackpots)
(Western US) A difficult situation.
A jumble of felled timber.
• jacktop
Jackpot
A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
• jacktop
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
