homer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'həʊmə/

  Rhymes: -əʊmə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Hebrew חֹמֶר (ḥómer).

[edit] Noun

homer (plural homers)

1. (Biblical measures) An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 45:11,

     The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,

     Head up! For every newbegotten thou shalt gather thy homer of ripe wheat.

[edit] Etymology 2

From home.

[edit] Noun

homer (plural homers)

1. (baseball) A four-base hit; a home run

   The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.

2. A homing pigeon

   Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.

3. (sports) a person who is so devoted to his favorite teams that he refuses to criticize them, especially when they are playing poorly

   Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.

[edit] Verb

to homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

1. (baseball) To get a four-base hit; to get a home run

   The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

[edit] See also

• single
• double
• triple