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bull's-eye
[boolz-ahy]
noun
plural
bull's-eyesthe circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
a shot that hits this.
the center or central area of a military target, as of a town or factory, in a bombing raid.
a missile that strikes the central area of a target.
the coordinates or instance of aiming and firing a missile that results in its hitting the center of a target.
Informal.
any statement or act that is precisely to the point or achieves a desired result directly.
something that is decisive or crucial; crux.
a small circular opening or window.
a thick disk or lenslike piece of glass inserted in a roof, ship's deck, etc., to admit light.
Optics.a lens of short focal length.
a lantern equipped with a lens of this sort.
Nautical.an oval or circular wooden block having a groove around it and a hole in the center, through which to reeve a rope.
Meteorology.(formerly) the eye of a storm.
a large, round piece of peppermint-flavored hard candy.
bull's-eye
noun
the small central disc of a target, usually the highest valued area
a shot hitting this
informalsomething that exactly achieves its aim
a small circular or oval window or opening
a thick disc of glass set into a ship's deck, etc, to admit light
the glass boss at the centre of a sheet of blown glass
a small thick plano-convex lens used as a condenser
a lamp or lantern containing such a lens
a peppermint-flavoured, usually striped, boiled sweet
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
meteorol the eye or centre of a cyclone
Other 51Թ Forms
- bull's-eyed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bull's-eye1
Example Sentences
And while rain continued to fall in some northern portions of the state on Monday, Ms. Hochul said the “bull's-eye” of the storm had moved northeast.
Never before has one of the world’s largest nuclear facilities fallen into the bull's-eye of a large-scale war.
“And after doing many measurements, we hit the bull's-eye,” said another of the study’s authors, Fabian Klenner, who is now an astrobiologist at the University of Washington.
There was a lot more with Mohammed's character I wanted to show — here is a man who fought a country, and now has a bull's-eye on his back.
“I remember my editor saying: ‘If there’s one scene that’s got a bull's-eye on it, it’s this one,’” Johnstone said, even suggesting there were moments he was losing faith.
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