Slam, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. --Dickens.
3. Card Playing Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam).
4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
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small slam
n : winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge [syn:
little slam]