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home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
Recent Examples on the Web
Three batters later, the red-hot Witt hit a two-run home run ... and then another two-run homer the next inning.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
On Sunday, Canady surrendered a second-inning home run to Megan Grant to make it 1-0.
—Tim Willert, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
The play capped a wild inning that started with a walk by Dominic Fletcher — who had ended the bottom of the seventh with an outstanding catch while crashing into the wall in right-center that took away a three-run home run from Contreras.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
He was stung in the second and third innings, however, by a pair of two-run home runs.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
home run
noun
: a hit in baseball that allows the batter to go completely around the bases and score a run
More from Merriam-Webster on home run
Nglish: Translation of home run for Spanish Speakers
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