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Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special.

Most common uses:

• In tennis, winning the Grand Slam is holding the following titles at the same time: Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open. Those tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments.
• In rugby union, the beating of all opponents during the Six Nations Championship (previously Five Nations Tournament), alternatively it is when a touring team manages to beat all four home nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland).
• In golf, the modern Grand Slam is winning the following four tournaments in the same year: The Masters, The Open Championship, US Open, PGA Championship. (Before the founding of The Masters and the ascension of the PGA Championship, the U.S. and British Amateurs were considered part of the four majors.)
• In baseball, a grand slam is a home run with all the bases occupied, thereby scoring 4 runs, which is the most possible on one swing of the bat. The baseball usage is thought to have been coined by comparison to the term in bridge.
• In bridge, it is bidding for and winning all the tricks in one hand.
• In snookerSnooker is a billiards game, played on a special table, with one white cue ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of various colours (the 'colours'). It is particularly popular in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia and India. There has recently been a surge of i, winning the Grand Slam is holding the following 8 titles at the same time: LG Cup, British Open, UK Championships, Irish Masters, Welsh Open, European Open, Players Championships and Embassy World Championship (Sheffield)

Other meanings:

• Grand Slam bombThe Grand Slam (Earthquake) bomb was developed by Barnes Wallis in late 1944. It weighed nearly ten tonnes and was developed primarily in order to destroy large structures against which earlier, smaller bombs proved ineffective. Most large Allied World Wa was a larger version of the TallboyThe Tallboy was a bomb developed by Barnes Wallis in 1944. It weighed five tonnes and was developed primarily in order to penetrate large concrete structures against which earlier, smaller bombs proved ineffective. Most large Allied World War II aircraft bunker busterA Bunker buster bomb is an designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets burred deep underground. Aircraft delivered bombs In World War II the British designer Barnes Wallis of Bouncing bomb fame, designed two bunker buster bombs. The five tonne Tallb bomb developed by Barnes WallisSir Barnes Neville Wallis FRS, commonly known as Barnes Wallis ( September 26 1887 October 30, 1979) was a British scientist, engineer and inventor. He is most well known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force on Operation Chastise to in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough for the RAFThe Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF is the air force of the United Kingdom. History Formation and Early History The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912 superseding the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Na.
• A TV quiz-show shown in the UK in 2003. Contestants had to pay £1,000 to take part.
• A 1999 album by Australian band Spiderbait.
• A popular, low price breakfast at U.S. nationwide restaurant chain Denny's, consisting of pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage.