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.
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Yamamoto struck out Jackson Chourio — whose leadoff home run last year was the lone run in Yamamoto’s NLCS complete game — to open the frame. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 After a home run by Cedric Mullins trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Cole Sulser yielded a leadoff single to slumping Angel Martínez in the ninth and balked him to second base. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Kotzmacher helped put White Bear Lake into that semifinal, hitting a seventh-inning, two-run home run in a 3–1 quarterfinal victory over Farmington. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The playoffs are proof of competence, good scouting and style of play that leans more on fundamentals than home runs. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home run

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of home run was in 1856

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home run

noun
: a hit in baseball that allows the batter to go completely around the bases and score a run

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