grand slam

Noun
Synonyms: grand slam

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridgeSynonyms: grand slam
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Slam \Slam\, n.

1.The act of one who, or that which, slams. [1913 Webster]

2.The shock and noise produced in slamming. [1913 Webster]

The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.— Dickens.[1913 Webster]

3.(Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge,

grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a

little slam or

small slam). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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