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  homer

  noun

  home run.
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  Homer

  noun

  9th-century b.c., Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.

homer

¹ American  

[hoh-mer] / ˈhoʊ mər /

noun

1. Baseball. home run.

2. Sports.

   1. a game official, media commentator, reporter, etc., who is biased in favor of the home team.

      I really respect that this ref is not a homer—he’s objective about his calls, even though he wants us to win.

   2. a fan with blind faith in or allegiance to their home team.

      Call me a homer, but I’d bet on our team against theirs any day, whatever the statistical evidence.

3. homing pigeon.

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verb (used without object)

1. Baseball. to hit a home run.

   The catcher homered in the ninth with one on to win the game.

homer ² American  

[hoh-mer] / ˈhoʊ mər /

noun

1. a Hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths in liquid measure or ten ephahs in dry measure.

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Homer ³ American  

[hoh-mer] / ˈhoʊ mər /

noun

1. 9th-century b.c., Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.

2. Winslow, 1836–1910, U.S. painter and illustrator.

3. a male given name.

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homer ¹ British  

/ ˈhəʊmə /

noun

1. another word for homing pigeon

2. an informal word for home run

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Homer ² British  

/ ˈhəʊmə /

noun

1. c. 800 _bc , Greek poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey. Almost nothing is known of him, but it is thought that he was born on the island of Chios and was blind

2. Winslow. 1836–1910, US painter, noted for his seascapes and scenes of working life

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Homer Cultural  

1. An ancient Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He has often been considered the greatest and most influential of all poets. According to tradition, Homer was blind.

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Etymology

Origin of homer¹

First recorded in 1865–70; home + -er ¹

Origin of homer²

First recorded in 1525–35, homer is from the Hebrew word ḥōmer literally, heap

Explanation

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.

Example Sentences

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After Báez hit his first homer, Marmol couldn’t help but notice the look on his face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

He surrendered a solo homer to Arizona third baseman Nolan Arenado in the second and an RBI triple to Geraldo Perdomo in the fifth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Walbert Ureña gave up three hits over six innings and Wade Meckler hit a two-run homer to lead the Angels to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Jarren Duran, a Cypress native, added to Boston’s lead with a 420-foot solo homer to center field off reliever Kyle Hurt in the sixth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Another couple of feet and it would have been a homer for sure.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

"Homer is Greek. Homer is Anatolian. None of us is older than he is, not even our countries."

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Homer is 2,800 years old, while the Turkish-Greek border is only a century old," he shrugs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

His take on Homer is, as I wrote in my original review, “a moralistic ‘Oppenheimer’ prequel.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Maybe Homer would like to go for a ride.’”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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