List of nicknames for a home run
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This is a list of nicknames for the act of hitting a home run in the game of baseball.
- Homer
- HR (abbreviation of Home Run)
- Slam
- Going yard/Leaving the yard/Yardwork
- Leaving the park
- Lead-off Home Run
- Out of the park
- Bomb
- A drive
- Raging bull
- Blast; also Ruthian blast
- Four-bagger
- Four-base hit
- Four-base knock
- Touch all the bases/Touch 'em all
- Knock
- Shot
- Crush
- Moonshot (baseball)
- Big fly
- Deep fly
- Going deep
- Going downtown
- full-court shot
- Juice
- Long ball
- Dinger
- Ding Dong
- Tater
- Round-tripper
- Hammered
- Driving in oneself
- Creature
- Dialing long distance
- Hit it where the grass doesn't grow
- Jack
- Parked
- Tape measure home run
- Upper decker
- Wallop
- Walk-off home run
- Grand slam: grand salami (first coined by longtime late Seattle Mariners lead commentator Dave Niehaus)/salami/large sausage
