homer
homer Lexical Profile
homer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American In baseball, an informal term for a home run, a hit that allows the batter to circle all the bases and score.
"The slugger hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the championship."
The legendary ancient Greek epic poet traditionally credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey (usually capitalized).
"Students in the classics seminar spent the semester translating passages from Homer."
North American In sports, a fan, broadcaster, or official who shows strong bias in favor of the home team.
"The local radio announcer is a complete homer who blames every loss on the referees."
A homing pigeon bred and trained to find its way home over long distances, used historically for carrying messages or in racing.
"The breeder released the young homer fifty miles away to test its navigational instincts."
An ancient Hebrew unit of dry volume or capacity equal to ten ephahs or one cor (approximately 220 liters).
"Ancient texts record agricultural tributes measured by the homer of barley and wheat."
• verb
North American To hit a home run (in baseball).
"The rookie homered twice in his major league debut."
• Rhymes for homer
Word Origin & Etymology
The baseball and pigeon senses derive from English 'home' plus the suffix '-er'. The ancient unit of measure comes from Biblical Hebrew 'homer', literally meaning 'heap' or 'donkey-load', while the poet's name derives from Ancient Greek 'Homeros'.