home_run
has definitions from the field of baseball
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[ noun ] (baseball) a base hit on which the batter scores a run
Synonyms Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Jim_Landis ' 380 - foot home_run over left in the first inning gave the Sox a 1 - 0 lead , but Harmon_Killebrew came_back in the bottom of the first with his second homer in two days with the walking Bob_Allison aboard . Al_Smith 's 340 - blast over left in the fourth - his fourth homer of the campaign - tied the score and Carreon 's first major_league home_run in the fifth put the Sox back in_front . The spectacular Mays , who reaches a decade in the big_leagues come May 25 , joined six other sluggers who walloped four home_runs in a span of nine innings . In four of his nine previous seasons Mays hit as_many_as 25 home_runs and stole as_many_as 25 bases . THE DENVER-AREA TV_audience was privileged to see Mays ' four home_runs , thanks to a new arrangement made by Bob_Howsam that the games are not to be blacked_out when his Bears are playing at_home . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Synonyms Examples "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer" "scored a bull's eye" "hit the mark" "the president's speech was a home run" |
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