homer

/ˈhoʊmər/

/ˈhʌʊmə/

Other forms: homers; homered; homering

In baseball, a homer is what a batter gets after hitting the ball and running all the way around the bases to home plate without being tagged out. If you hit one out of the park, you've hit a homer.

Homer is short for home run. If there are players on all the bases when a batter gets a homer, it's called a grand slam and it gives the team four points. You can use this word as a verb too, meaning "hit a home run." There are also nearly twenty towns in the US called Homer, but these are named for the ancient Greek epic poet, Homer.

Definitions of homer

1. noun

   (baseball) a base hit on which the batter scores a run
   synonyms: home run

   types:

   solo blast, solo homer

   a home run with no runners on base

   type of:

   base hit, safety

   (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
2. verb

   hit a home run
   type of:

   hit, rack up, score, tally

   gain points in a game
3. noun

   pigeon trained to return home
   synonyms: homing pigeon

   types:

   carrier pigeon

   a homing pigeon used to carry messages

   type of:

   domestic pigeon

   domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food
4. noun

   an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
   synonyms: kor

   type of:

   capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit

   a unit of measurement of volume or capacity