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 Since coming from Japan to play major league baseball, Ohtani has hit 224 home runs in seven years of major league play. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 His lifetime batting average has dipped to .299, and milestones such as 500 home runs and 3,000 hits that once seemed a cinch are now long shots or downright impossible. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024 Acquired from San Diego in the August 2022 trade that sent Juan Soto to the Padres, Abrams hit .268 with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs before the All-Star break but .203 with five home runs and 17 RBIs since. Gavin Dorsey, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2024 Prior to Ohtani, the players next closest to achieving a 50-50 season were the Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr., who stole 73 bases and hit 41 home runs in 2023, and Alex Rodriguez, who hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases with the Seattle Mariners in 1998. George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home run 

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Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of home run was in 1856

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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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