home run

noun

Updated on: 20 Apr 2018

Definition of home run

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

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Examples of home run in a Sentence

He hit three home runs.

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Harper hit his major league-high eighth home run, and his 33 1/2-inch, 31 1/2-ounce Marucci bat paid the price.

— ben walker, baltimoresun.com, "After hitting early broken-bat homer, Harper sparks 6-run 8th with single as Nats top Mets, 8-6," 17 Apr. 2018
The Fighters were on the road in Sendai last week when Ohtani hit his second home run for the Angels.

— jon wertheim, SI.com, "While Shohei Ohtani Mesmerizes Major League Baseball, His Legend Grows in Japan," 17 Apr. 2018
Escobar tried to absolve Grimm and Keller of their errors, lofting an 89 mph fastball left up near the letters of his jersey for his first home run of the year to tie the night game at 4-4 in the eighth inning.

— maria torres, kansascity, "Royals' bullpen falls apart twice as Blue Jays sweep doubleheader | The Kansas City Star," 17 Apr. 2018
The Nationals added their eighth run on a solo home run by Kendrick off Hansel Robles leading off the ninth.

— wallace matthews, New York Times, "Mets’ Bullpen Collapses, Wasting Jacob deGrom’s Strong Night," 17 Apr. 2018
Hinch went deep off Colon on May 9, 2002, when Colon was with the Indians and Hinch with the Royals, for one of his 32 career home runs.

— david barron, Houston Chronicle, "Astros manager A.J. Hinch also homered off pitcher Bartolo Colon," 16 Apr. 2018
Elias Sports Bureau says the last time the Rangers had two players hit their first home run in the same game was July 24, 2003, when Laynce Nix and Jason Jones did it against the Angels.

— stefan stevenson, star-telegram, "Rangers Reaction: Rookies, relievers and a future Hall of Famer help stop skid | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 15 Apr. 2018
Jeimer Candelario hit his first home run in the eighth inning, a solo shot to right field.

— anthony fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers extend losing streak with loss to New York Yankees, 8-6," 13 Apr. 2018
Badger shortstop Hannah Fillmore slapped two hits including her 10th double and third home run of the year while third baseman Randi DeArmitt had two hits and a sacrifice fly for three RBIs.

— spring hill college athletics, AL.com, "Spring Hill sweeps LeMoyne-Owen in softball DH," 13 Apr. 2018

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home run

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Definition of home run for English Language Learners

baseball : a hit that allows the batter to go around all the bases and score a run

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home run

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: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to go around all the bases and score

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