homer

See also Homer, and omer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhəʊmə/

  Rhymes: -əʊmə(r)

Etymology 1

From Hebrew עמר (ómer).

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.

Etymology 2

From home.

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.

Verb

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.

See also

• single
• double
• triple