homer

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See also: Homer and Homér

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊmɚ/
Rhymes: -əʊmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

chomer

Noun

homer (plural homers)

(historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:11:
  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.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
  Head up! For every newbegotten thou shalt gather thy homer of ripe wheat.
(historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:11:
  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.

Usage notes

In English, sometimes confounded with the much smaller omer.

Synonyms

cor, kor

Meronyms

(dry measure): cab, kab (¹⁄₁₈₀ homer); omer, issaron (¹⁄₁₀₀ homer); seah (¹⁄₃₀ homer); ephah (¹⁄₁₀ homer); lethek, lethech (¹⁄₂ homer)
(liquid measure): See cor

Etymology 2

From home +‎ -er.

Noun

homer (plural homers)

(US, baseball) A home run
The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
(US, colloquial) Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”)
- 2019, M. R. Biggs, Not 4 $ale:
  Fast forward to Chase's base. Where Chase hit a homer, first at bat. Becca thrived off being sexy, having sex, watching sex.
- 2020, Mari Carr, Wild Night:
  “So you hit a homer, huh?” she asked, confused by his misery.
  Colm nodded. “Best sex I've had in a long time. Maybe ever.”
(US) A homing pigeon.
Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
(US, sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team.
Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.
A homing beacon.
- 1961, RCA Service Company, Digest of Military Electronics, page 75:
  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.

Derived terms

Translations

four-base hit — see home run

homing pigeon — see homing pigeon

devoted supporter of a team

Italian: fanatico (it) m
Serbo-Croatian: fanatik (sh)

Verb

homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

(US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.
The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

Synonyms

hit out of the park, jack

Translations

to hit a home run

Finnish: lyödä kunnari

See also

single, double, triple

References

"H2563: chomer" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
"Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

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Middle English

Noun

homer

Alternative form of hamer

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