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Dictionary: grand slam

n.
  1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
  2. Sports. The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit.
  3. Baseball. A home run hit when three runners are on base.

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A sweeping success or total victory, as in This presentation gave us a grand slam--every buyer placed an order. This term originated in the early 1800s in the card game of whist (forerunner of contract bridge), where it refers to the taking of all thirteen tricks. It later was extended to bridge and various sports, where it has different meanings: in baseball, a home run hit with runners on all the bases, resulting in four runs for the team; in tennis, winning all four national championships in a single calendar year; in golf, winning all four major championships. In the 1990s the term was used for four related proposals presented on a ballot at once.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge


Wikipedia: Grand Slam
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The term grand slam originated in contract bridge (where it contrasts with a "small slam"); specifically it is:

  • A high score in contract bridge involving winning all the tricks in a hand, see bridge scoring


Subsequently, "grand slam" has come to refer to other things.

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In entertainment:

Grand Slam may also refer to:


 
 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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