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Grand Slam

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Noun

1. grand slam

winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Grand Slam

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noun
1. bridge
the winning of 13 tricks by one player or side or the contract to do so
2. 
a. 
the winning of all major competitions in a season, esp in tennis and golf
b. 
one of the major competitions in a grand slam
3. (often capital) rugby union
the winning of all five games in the annual Six Nations Championship involving England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, and Italy
Compare triple crown (sense 3)
4. baseball
a home run hit when there is a runner on every base, scoring four runs

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Grand Slam

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1.  US, Baseball
a home run hit when there is a runner on each base
: also called ˈgrandˈslammer
2. 
a.  Bridge
the winning of all the tricks in a deal by the declarer
b.  US
the winning of all of a group of select competitions in a particular sport, as golf

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Grand Slam

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n.
1. Baseball A home run hit when three runners are on base.
2. often Grand Slam The set of major or most prestigious competitions in a sport, especially when won in a single season, as the Wimbledon, French Open, US Open, and Australian Open tournaments in tennis, or the Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship tournaments in golf.
3. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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