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home run

  • [hɔʊːm ɹʌn] US

noun home runs · homerun

  1. A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth.

    Similar: homer, longball

  2. A three-base hit, a legal hit where the batter gets to third base without stopping illegally and without the opposing team attempting to put the batter out on earlier bases, scoring one run immediately.
  3. figuratively The portion of a journey that ends at home. I'm on the home run.
  4. figuratively A success, especially a popular success. The product was a home run.
  5. euphemistic, figuratively, slang Sexual intercourse.
  6. A connection from a central distribution point or circuit breaker to a destination.

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noun (baseball) four-base hit

Españoljonrón, cuadrangular, tablazo, toletazo, vuelacerca, vuelacercas
한국어홈런 homneon, 본루타 bolluta
日本語ホームラン hōmuran, 本塁打 honruida
中文全壘打 /全垒打 quánlěidǎ
Portuguêshome run
Françaiscoup de circuit, circuit
Italianofuoricampo
Русскийхоум-ра́н xoum-rán, хомя́к xomják

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"home run." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/home%20run. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{home_run_2026,
  title = {home run},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/home%20run},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}