Homer

//ˈhəʊmə// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname from Middle English.
  3. 3
    A male given name from Ancient Greek. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of townships in the United States, listed under Homer Township. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels. historical

    "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."

  2. 2
    A home run. US

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

  3. 3
    a base hit on which the batter scores a run wordnet
  4. 4
    Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure. historical

    "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."

  5. 5
    Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”). US, colloquial

    "Fast forward to Chase's base. Where Chase hit a homer, first at bat. Becca thrived off being sexy, having sex, watching sex."

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  1. 6
    pigeon trained to return home wordnet
  2. 7
    A homing pigeon. US

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

  3. 8
    an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs wordnet
  4. 9
    A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. US

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

  5. 10
    A homing beacon.

    "Two general types of homer systems are in use, active homers and passive homers. Active homers contain a transmitting device which emits energy that is directed towards the target."

  6. 11
    homework UK

    "'What's the good of talking?' said Cyril. 'What I want is for something to happen. It's awfully stuffy for a chap not to be allowed out in the evenings. There's simply nothing to do when you've got through your homers.' Jane finished the last of her home-lessons and shut the book with a bang."

Verb
  1. 1
    To hit a homer; to hit a home run. US

    "The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times."

  2. 2
    hit a home run wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew חומר / חֹמֶר (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).

Etymology 2

From home + -er.

Etymology 3

From home + -er.

Etymology 4

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Etymology 5

From Middle English [Term?], an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme.

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