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grand slam¹

  • [ɡɹɛəːnd slɛəːm] US

noun grand slams

  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.
  3. The hitting of a home run with the bases loaded.
  4. 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.

Grand Slam²

proper noun

  1. UK winning in each of the three UEFA cups - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup (defunct).
  2. The four biggest competitions of the year: Wimbledon, the French Open, Australian Open and the US Open
  3. Victory in every game in the Six Nations competition between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy
  4. Victory by a Southern Hemisphere national team over all of the Home Nations—England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—in a single tour
  5. The four (or five) biggest competitions of the year; see Grand Slam (golf) on Wikipedia.
  6. A ten-tonne earthquake bomb used by the Royal Air Force in World War II; see Grand Slam (bomb) on Wikipedia.
  7. Philippines winning in each of the three Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) tournaments, each called locally a conference, in a season; see Grand Slam (PBA) on Wikipedia.

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

Françaisgrand chelem

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

中文大滿貫 /大满贯 dàmǎnguàn
Françaisgrand chelem

noun (baseball) a home run with the bases loaded

Françaisgrand chelem

name tennis

中文大滿貫 /大满贯 dàmǎnguàn
Françaisgrand-chelem, Grand Chelem

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@misc{grand_slam_2026,
  title = {grand slam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grand%20slam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}