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Grand Slam
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grand slam
English
Proper noun
Grand Slam
en British football winning in each of the three UEFA cups - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup (defunct).
en tennis The four biggest competitions of the year: Wimbledon, the French Open, Australian Open and the US Open
en rugby Victory in every game in the Six Nations competition between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy
en rugby Victory by a Southern Hemisphere national team over all of the Home Nations—England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—in a single tour
en golf The four (or five) biggest competitions of the year; see Grand Slam (golf) on Wikipedia.
en military A ten-tonne earthquake bomb used by the Royal Air Force in World War II; see Grand Slam (bomb) on Wikipedia.
en Philippine basketball winning in each of the three Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) tournaments, each called locally a en conference, in a season; see Grand Slam (PBA) on Wikipedia.
Related terms
en grand slam
Translations
tennis
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大滿貫 dàmǎnguàn
French: fr grand-chelem, fr Grand Chelem
Georgian: ka დიდი სლემი
Kazakh: kk Үлкен дулыға
Polish: pl Wielki Szlem m-in
See also
Rugby en Triple Crown
German
Etymology
de :bor en:Grand Slam
de en Grand Slam.
Pronunciation
de /ˌɡʁɛ(ː)nt ˈslɛ(ː)m/
Noun
Grand Slam<m,-:s,s>
de tennis en Grand Slam
Derived terms
de Grand-Slam-Finale
de Grand-Slam-Sieg
de Grand-Slam-Turnier