'small slam' definitions:

Definition of 'small slam'

From: WordNet
noun
Winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge [syn: little slam, small slam]

Definition of 'small slam'

From: GCIDE
  • Slam \Slam\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who, or that which, slams. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The shock and noise produced in slamming. [1913 Webster]
  • The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 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). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]