: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about 10¹/₂ or later 11¹/₂ bushels or 100 U.S. gallons (378 liters)
1
: home run
2
Examples of homer in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Walker had 26 homers and 84 RBIs and Peterson (23, 64) were third and fourth on the team in homers last season.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The 35-year-old has homered in all four games in this series.
—Wayne Sterling, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for homer 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
The 29-year-old is hitting free agency on the heels of setting career highs in homers (32), RBIs (112) and steals (21).
—Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Walker had 26 homers and 84 RBIs and Peterson (23, 64) were third and fourth on the team in homers last season.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
Freeman homered once each in the first four games of the series.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The 35-year-old has homered in all four games in this series.
—Wayne Sterling, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for homer
Articles Related to homer
Dictionary Entries Near homer
Cite this Entry
“Homer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Copy CitationBiographical Definition
Homer
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Winslow 1836–1910 American artist
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share