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name
A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A large cash prize or money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An unexpected windfall or reward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, forestry
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noun
A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: pinball
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: playground games
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Synonyms: 500
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noun
A difficult situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, Western
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noun
A jumble of felled timber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, uncommon
Qualifier: crime
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noun
any outstanding award
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: prize, award
noun
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pot, kitty
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Broader terms: stake, stakes, bet, wager
History
Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.
Unknown. Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.
Across languages
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
