'hit the jackpot' definitions:
Definition of 'hit the jackpot'
(from WordNet)
verb
Succeed by luck; "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot" [syn: luck out, hit the jackpot]
Definition of 'hit the jackpot'
From: GCIDE
- Jackpot \Jackpot\, n.
- 1. Same as jack pot. See under jack. [PJC]
- 2. Any larger-than-usual gambling prize formed by the accumulation of unwon bets. [PJC]
- 3. The highest gambling prize awarded in a gambling game in which smaller prizes are also awarded, especially such a prize on a slot machine. [PJC]
- 4. An unusually large success in an enterprise, either unexpected or unpredictable, esp. one providing a great financial benefit. [PJC]
- hit the jackpot to receive an unexpectedly large (or the largest possible) benefit from an enterprise; as, after prospecting for years, he finally hit the jackpot when he discovered a silver lode. [PJC]