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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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Tucker came close to hitting a second homer, sending a fastball to left field in the fourth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

In a 1-1 count, Phillips threw a sinker on the inside edge of the strike zone, and Taylor lifted it into the left-field stands for a go-ahead three-run homer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Tucker’s two-run homer in the eighth provided the Dodgers some insurance they would end up using when Evan Phillips gave up a solo homer to Francisco Alvarez in the bottom of the inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki held the Mets to just three hits, which included a solo homer from Luis Roberts Jr. that accounted for the only run Sasaki surrendered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

How to smack a homer and walk a yo-yo and skate backward.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

And if we do lose Homer, we’ll still have the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

If your home contains more than two bookcases, you probably know the cautionary tale of Homer and Langley Collyer.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

The 24-book poem is attributed to the poet Homer and is thought to have been composed on mainland Greece between 850 and 750 BC.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The gods may still be up there somewhere, but Nolan, unlike Homer, isn’t about to give us a seat at their table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Homer snored like a rich old man every night.

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

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