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homer

"Homer" is a fun word with a few different meanings — most commonly used in sports, but it also appears in everyday language and even ancient history. Here are the most useful senses.

1nounhome run in baseball

In baseball, a homer is when a batter hits the ball far enough to run all the way around all four bases and score a point for their team — the best single hit you can make! It is a short, casual way of saying 'home run'.

sports (baseball) · Modern, widely used in American English

The crowd went wild when he hit a homer in the final inning.

She has scored three homers this season.

That homer won the game for our team.

2verbto hit a home run

When a baseball player homers, they hit the ball and successfully run all the way around the bases to score. It is the verb form of the noun 'homer'.

sports (baseball) · Modern, widely used in American English

He homered twice in yesterday's match.

She homered in the seventh inning to tie the score.

It was the first time he had homered all season.

3nounfigurativea biased supporter

Informally, a homer is someone — often a sports commentator, referee, or fan — who unfairly favors the local or home team. If a referee always makes calls that help the home team, people might call them a homer.

sports, everyday language · Modern, informal American English · figurative

That commentator is such a homer — he never criticizes the local team.

The fans accused the referee of being a homer.

Don't ask him for a fair opinion; he's a total homer when it comes to his city's team.

4nouna homing pigeon

A homer is another name for a homing pigeon — a bird that is trained to fly back to its home from very far away. People have used these birds for centuries to carry messages.

animal keeping, history · Somewhat old-fashioned, but still understood

He kept a dozen homers in a cage on his rooftop.

The message was delivered by a homer during the war.

Training a homer to return reliably takes a lot of patience.

5nounthe ancient Greek poet

Homer (always with a capital H) is the name of a famous ancient Greek poet, believed to have written two of the greatest epic poems in history: the Iliad and the Odyssey. You will often see this name in literature and history classes.

literature, history, classics · Ancient Greece; still widely referenced today

Homer wrote about the Trojan War in the Iliad.

Many scholars have debated whether Homer was a real person or a legend.

We studied the Odyssey, one of Homer's most celebrated works.

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