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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Baseball A home run hit when three runners are on base.
  • noun The set of major or most prestigious competitions in a sport, especially when won in a single season, as the Wimbledon, French Open, US Open, and Australian Open tournaments in tennis, or the Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship tournaments in golf.
  • noun The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.

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  • noun bridge The bid and winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand.
  • noun sports The winning of all the major or specified events.
  • noun baseball Hitting a home run when the bases are loaded.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge

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