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Bull's Eye

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Noun

1. bull's eye

in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target

Example Sentences:
'in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied'

2. bull, bull's eye

the center of a target

3. bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark

something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

Example Sentences:
'the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer'
'scored a bull's eye'
'hit the mark'
'the president's speech was a home run'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bull's Eye

see synonyms of bull's eye
noun
1. 
the small central disc of a target, usually the highest valued area
2. 
a shot hitting this
3. informal
something that exactly achieves its aim
4. 
a small circular or oval window or opening
5. 
a thick disc of glass set into a ship's deck, etc, to admit light
6. 
the glass boss at the centre of a sheet of blown glass
7. 
a. 
a small thick plano-convex lens used as a condenser
b. 
a lamp or lantern containing such a lens
8. 
a peppermint-flavoured, usually striped, boiled sweet
9. nautical
a circular or oval wooden block with a groove around it for the strop of a shroud and a hole at its centre for a line
Compare deadeye
10. meteorology
the eye or centre of a cyclone

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Bull's Eye

see synonyms of bull's eye
noun
1. 
a thick, circular glass in a roof, ship's deck, etc., for admitting light
2. 
any circular opening for light or air
3. 
a. 
the circular central mark of a target
b. 
a shot that hits this
c. 
a direct hit
d. 
the exact achievement of a goal aimed at
4. 
a. 
a convex lens for concentrating light
b. 
a lantern with such a lens
5. 
a hard, round candy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bull's Eye

see synonyms of bull's eye
n.
1.
a. The small central circle on a target.
b. A shot that hits this circle.
2.
a. A direct hit: scored a bull's-eye on the window with a snowball.
b. The precise accomplishment of a goal or purpose: “Most marketing these days  hits the bull's-eye for laughs, razzle-dazzle, and cleverness” (Jay Conrad Levinson).
3. A thick, circular piece of glass set, as in a roof or ship's deck, to admit light.
4. A circular opening or window.
5.
a. A plano-convex lens used to concentrate light.
b. A lantern or lamp having such a lens.
6. A piece of round hard candy.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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