grand slam

See also: Grand Slam

English

Noun

grand slam (plural grand slams)

1. (bridge) The bid and winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand.
2. (sports) The winning of all available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
   • 2023 July 26, Paul Clifton, “A (safe and secure) Day at the Races...”, in RAIL, number 988, page 35:

     SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugby internationals at Twickenham.

3. (baseball) The hitting of a home run with the bases loaded.
4. (roller derby) The situation in which the jammer laps the opposing team's jammer, scoring five points.
5. (motor racing) The situation in which a racer starts from pole position, then wins first place while leading during the entire race, while also recording the fastest lap of the race.

Derived terms

• Grand Slam

Translations

(bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand

• French: grand chelem (fr) m
• Norwegian: storeslem

(sports) the winning of all the major or specified events

• French: grand chelem (fr) m
• Georgian: დიდი სლემი (didi slemi), დიდი მუზარადი (didi muzaradi) (rarer)
• Norwegian: storeslem

(baseball) a home run with the bases loaded

• Catalan: gran eslam (ca) m
• French: grand chelem (fr) m

See also

• shoot the moon