HOME RUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does home run mean? 

• HOME RUN (noun)
  The noun HOME RUN has 2 senses:

1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run

2. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

  Familiarity information: HOME RUN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOME RUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A base hit on which the batter scores a run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

home run; homer

Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home run"):

solo blast; solo homer (a home run with no runners on base)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark

Context example:

the president's speech was a home run

Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)