Meanings
verbhit the jackpot (third-person singular simple present hits the jackpot, present participle hitting the jackpot, simple past and past participle hit the jackpot)
present singular third person hits the jackpot · participle present hitting the jackpot
- idiomaticTo receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields.
2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, page 55
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic ضَرَبَ الْفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الْكُبْرَى
- ضَرَبَ الْفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الْكُبْرَى (ḍaraba l-fawz bi-l-jāʔiza l-kubrā)to receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Chinese Mandarin 中獎 /中奖
- 中獎 /中奖 (zhòngjiǎng)to receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Finnish voittaa jättipotti
- voittaa jättipottito receive a favorable outcome, by luck
French gagner le gros lot, toucher le jackpot
- gagner le gros lotto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- toucher le jackpotto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
German das Große Los ziehen
- das Große Los ziehento receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Japanese 大当たりをひく
- 大当たりをひく (ōatari-o hiku)to receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Polish strzelać w dziesiątkę, strzelić w dziesiątkę
- strzelać w dziesiątkęto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- strzelić w dziesiątkęto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- trafiać w dziesiątkęto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- trafić w dziesiątkęto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Portuguese tirar a sorte grande
- tirar a sorte grandeto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Russian сорва́ть куш, срыва́ть куш
- сорва́ть куш (sorvátʹ kuš)to receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- срыва́ть куш (sryvátʹ kuš)to receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Spanish sacarse la lotería, sacarse el gordo
- sacarse la loteríato receive a favorable outcome, by luck
- sacarse el gordoto receive a favorable outcome, by luck
Cite this entry
APA
hit the jackpot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20the%20jackpot
MLA
“hit the jackpot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20the%20jackpot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hit the jackpot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20the%20jackpot.
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