What is "little slam"

Slam \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.]

n. winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge [syn: small slam]