homered
Cleared the fence
Homered is the past tense of homer, meaning to hit a home run in baseball: He homered twice in last night's game.
The verb captures the complete action—hitting the ball and circling all bases to score.
Figuratively, to homer is to achieve a decisive success: She really homered on that presentation.
Informal home run
- round-tripperBaseball scoring hit
- blastSudden forceful burst
- grand slamWinning every trick
- walk-offVictory-clinching final play
solo shot · back-to-back · moonshot · four-bagger · longball · tater · jack · opposite field
Powerful baseball batter
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- launchedSet in motion
- mashedCrushed to softness
- blastedDestroyed or damned
smashed · drove · ripped · hammered · cranked · walloped · towering · deep
dinger
Informal home run
- round-tripperBaseball scoring hit
- blastSudden forceful burst
- grand slamWinning every trick
walk-off · solo shot · back-to-back · moonshot · four-bagger · longball · tater · jack · opposite field · clutch hit
slugger
Powerful baseball batter
blasted · smashed · drove · ripped · hammered · cranked · walloped · towering · deep · monster
curtain call
Post-show audience acknowledgment
- bat flipPost-homer stick throw
- trotPace between walk, canter
- high-fivesCelebratory hand slaps
fist pump · pointing · mobbed · teammates · cheers · applause · roar · crowd · standing ovation · fireworks
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- winning runScore securing the game
- record-breakingExceeding prior bests
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
historic · legendary · memorable · decisive · comeback · debut · hundredth · landmark
homeredstruck out
Failed at bat
whiffed · fanned · grounded out · popped out · fouled out
- Homer Simpson
- walk-off homerGame-ending round-tripper
- two-run homerFour-base hit scoring two
- leadoff homerFirst batter's round-tripper
- three-run homerBall hit out, three score
- Homer and MargeAnimated sitcom parents