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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.

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Roberts’ wish appeared granted, as the Dodgers led 3-0 in the first after Freddie Freeman ended his career-long 47-game homer drought with a three-run blast against Cardinals lefty Brycen Mautz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gives up a first-pitch homer, and that’s all Atlanta would need to take a 1-0 win over the Dodgers after a complete game by Chris Sale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Yamamoto gave up a leadoff homer to Drake Baldwin but was lights out from there, allowing only three more hits and striking out eight before he exited with one out in the seventh inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

The rediscovery of Homer, alien obsessions, a novel of the Roman Republic’s fall and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Mr. Power begins his survey with Chapman’s Homer but frequently casts his glance backward to the Homeric epics themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Gerber — who during the interview sat next to her co-star Homer Gere — shared that she was “haunted” her whole life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Jenkins says Homer “discovered something about himself, that his ideas about who people are was pigeonholing. ‘This is who you are because you live here.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Of Homer, there was no sound; perhaps the boy skulked just outside the lantern light.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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