homer

UK: 'Homer', 'homer': /ˈhəʊmə/

US: /ˈhoʊmɚ/

US: 'Homer', 'homer': (hō′mər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

hom•er¹ /ˈhoʊmɚ/   n. [countable]

1. Sport home run.

v. [no object]

2. Sport to hit a home run.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hom•er¹  (hō′mər), n. 

1. Sport [Baseball.] See home run. 
2. Sport See homing pigeon. 

v.i. 

3. [Baseball.] to hit a home run:
   The catcher homered in the ninth with one on to take the game.

• home + -er¹ 1865–70

ho•mer²  (hō′mər), n. 

1. Weights and Measures, Judaism a Hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths in liquid measure or ten ephahs in dry measure. Also called kor. 

• Hebrew ḥōmer literally, heap
• 1525–35

Ho•mer  (hō′mər), n. 

1. Biographical 9th-century b.c. Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
2. Biographical Winslow, 1836–1910, U.S. painter and illustrator.
3. a male given name.

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homer / ˈhəʊmə/ noun

1. another word for homing pigeon
2. 
   an informal word for home run

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Homer / 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