What is "home run"

Run \Run\, n.

1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.

3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.

4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

   They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities.
   --Burke.

5. State of being current; currency; popularity.

   It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor.
   --Addison.

6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

   A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
   --Macaulay.

7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
   --Howitt.

9. (Naut.)

   1. The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

   2. The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.

   3. A voyage; as, a run to China.

10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]

    I think of giving her a run in London.
    --Dickens.

11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.

13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

15. (Sport) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one point; also, the point thus scored; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs; the Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning.

    The ``runs'' are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run.
    --R. A. Proctor.

16. A pair or set of millstones.

17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.

18. (Golf)

    1. The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.

    2. The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke. At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H. Newman. Home run.

       1. A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch.

       2. (Baseball) See under Home.

          The run, or The common run, or The run of the mill etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.

          I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks.
          --Walpole.

          Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men.
          --Prof. Wilson.

          His whole appearance was something out of the common run.
          --W. Irving.

          To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

Home run \Home" run`\, n. (Baseball) a complete circuit of the bases made by the batter without being put out and without an error on the play; also, the hit on which the batter makes such a circuit; a four-base hit.

Note: Most home runs are made when the batter hits a fair ball out of the playing area on a fly, when the ball cannot be played by the defending team; if a batter circuits the bases while the ball is still inside the playing field, it is an inside-the-park home run.

1856, from home (n.) + run (n.).

n. 1 (senseid en (baseball) four-base hit)(context baseball English) A four-base hit, a homer 2 (context idiomatic English) The portion of a journey that ends at home 3 (context idiomatic English) A success; especially, a popular success. 4 (context idiomatic English) sexual intercourse.

1. n. a base hit on which the batter scores a run [syn: homer]

2. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" [syn: bell ringer, bull's eye, mark]

A home run in baseball refers to a hit in which the batter successfully rounds all the bases on one hit.

Home run may also refer to:

"Home Run" is the debut single by British singer Misha B, was officially released 15 July 2012. It was written and produced by Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike ( MNEK) and Misha Bryan. The music video was released on 15 June 2012.

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR, also "homer", "dinger", "bomb", "blast", or "four-bagger") is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process. In modern baseball, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles (or making contact with either foul pole) without first touching the ground, resulting in an automatic home run. There is also the " inside-the-park" home run, increasingly rare in modern baseball, where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field. When a home run is scored, the batter is also credited with a hit and a run scored, and an RBI for each runner that scores, including himself. Likewise, the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit, and a run for each runner that scores including the batter.

Homeruns are among the most popular aspects of baseball and, as a result, prolific home run hitters are usually the most popular among fans and consequently the highest paid by teams—hence the old saying, variously attributed to slugger Ralph Kiner, or to a teammate talking about Kiner, "Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, and singles hitters drive Fords."

Home Run is a 2013 sports drama film directed by David Boyd and stars Scott Elrod, Dorian Brown, Vivica A. Fox. the film was released in theaters on April 19, 2013.