Meaning of Jackpot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
2. A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
3. 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.
4. A difficult situation.
   US, Western
5. A large cash prize or money.
6. A jumble of felled timber.
7. An unexpected windfall or reward.
8. A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
9. A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.

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Examples

“If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot is rolled over and added to the next week's jackpot; several weeks of rollovers can build⟳ up jackpots up to $350 million or more.”

“a juniper jackpot”

“As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish⟳ lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.”

“and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know⟳ you are in a jackpot so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know⟳ what that last⟳ expression means, but I heard a fellow use⟳ it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix⟳.”

“"I'm in a jackpot." Sympathy shone from those friendly eyes at once. "It's shore too bad for a lady to be in a jackpot," he answered me earnestly.”

“You're already in a jackpot, he said. I'm tryin to get⟳ you out of it.”

“It frequently happens that trees fall⟳ across one another, forming what is known as a jackpot. A number⟳ of trees may fall⟳ in a single jackpot. One of the tools with which appellant claims a bucker should be provided is an undercutter rigging. When trees are in a jackpot, the proper method of procedure is to first cut⟳ the lower tree, and then the upper one. This lessens the liability of an upper log⟳ rolling or falling upon the workman while he Is engaged in cutting the lower tree. The cut⟳ of the lower tree is ordinarily made by sawing it from the upper side, but, when its position produces a strain⟳ which pinches the saw⟳, it is sawed from the under side by what is known as an undercut. To make⟳ an undercut, it is necessary to have⟳ some appliance to support⟳ the moving saw⟳ which is then operated teeth upward. The appliance which appellant contends Is ordinarily used is known as an undercutter rigging. Having no undercutter rigging, appellant requested respondent's foreman to provide⟳ one, complaining that his work⟳ in a jackpot of large trees without one was unsafe and dangerous.”

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