| Noun | 1. | homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a runbase hit, bingle, safety - (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely | |
| 2. | Homer - ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) | |
| 3. | homer - an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahsbath - an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons epha, ephah - an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel | |
| 4. | Homer - United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) | |
| 5. | homer - pigeon trained to return home | |
| Verb | 1. | homer - hit a home runrack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" | |