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grand slam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ɡɹɛəːnd slɛəːm] (General-American)

Meanings

1. The bid and winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand.
2. The winning of all available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
   • 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. 2023 July 26, Paul Clifton, “A (safe and secure) Day at the Races...”, in RAIL, number 988, page 35:
3. The hitting of a home run with the bases loaded.
4. (qualifier:roller derby) The situation in which the jammer laps the opposing team's jammer, scoring five points.
5. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

golden slam · Grand Slam

Relateds

shoot the moon

Translations (12)

fr grand chelem ((baseball) a home run with the bases loaded) · ka დიდი მუზარადი ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) · fr grand chelem ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) · no storeslem ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) · ca gran eslam ((baseball) a home run with the bases loaded) · no storeslem ((bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand) · fr grand chelem ((bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand) · ka დიდი სლემი ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) · pl wielki szlem ((bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand) · pl wielki szlem ((baseball) a home run with the bases loaded) · cmn 大滿貫 /大满贯 ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) · pl wielki szlem ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events)