home run

home run

n. Baseball Abbr. HR

A hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the diamond and score a run.

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home run

n

(Team Sports / Baseball) Baseball a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases, usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	home run - a base hit on which the batter scores a run homer base hit, safety - (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely solo blast, solo homer - a home run with no runners on base
	2.	home run - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" bell ringer, bull's eye, mark success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense