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home run

a hit that allows a batter to circle the bases and score a run without a fielding error, usually on a ball hit over the outfield fence.

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  • home run (n): a statistic charged against a pitcher when a batter hits a home run (a hit over the outfield fence or a hit that allows the batter to circle the bases and score without a fielding error being committed.)
    Synonyms: home run, home runs, HR, HR's
  • home run (n): a statistic credited to a batter who hits a home run (a hit over the outfield fence or a hit that allows the batter to circle the bases and score without a fielding error being committed.)
    Synonyms: home run, home runs, HR, HR's
  • hit a home run (v): (of a batter) to hit the ball in a way that allows the batter to circle the bases and score a run without a fielding error, usually by hitting the ball over the outfield fence.
    Synonyms: hit a home run, hitting a home run, homer, homered, go yard, going yard, go downtown, going downtown, hit for the circuit, hitting for the circuit, park one, parking one, park it, parking it, touch 'em all, touched 'em all

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  • home run, home runs, HR, HR's, tater, taters, dinger, dingers, fourbagger, fourbaggers, knock, knocks, Johnson, Johnsons, Dr Longball, Dr Longballs, potato, potatoes, home bagger, home baggers, jack, jacks, gopher, gophers, money ball, money balls, bomb, bombs, Babe Ruth, Babe Ruths, long ball, long balls, circuit clout, circuit clouts, big fly, big flies, dong, dongs, crack, cracks


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