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Definition of "grand slam" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grand slam" in a sentence
  • "Steadying himself at the plate and swinging with nothing to lose, Rodriguez crushed a fastball over the right-center field fence for the eighteenth grand slam of his career."
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