noun, plural bull's-eyes.
1.
the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
2.
a shot that hits this.
3.
the center or central area of a military target, as of a town or factory, in a bombing raid.
4.
a missile that strikes the central area of a target.
5.
the coordinates or instance of aiming and firing a missile that results in its hitting the center of a target.
6.
Informal.
a.
any statement or act that is precisely to the point or achieves a desired result directly.
b.
something that is decisive or crucial; crux.
7.
a small circular opening or window.
8.
a thick disk or lenslike piece of glass inserted in a roof, ship's deck, etc., to admit light.
9.
Optics. a lens of short focal length.
10.
a lantern equipped with a lens of this sort.
11.
Nautical. an oval or circular wooden block having a groove around it and a hole in the center, through which to reeve a rope.
12.
Meteorology. (formerly) the eye of a storm.
13.
a large, round piece of peppermint-flavored hard candy.
Origin:
1680–90
1680–90
Related forms
bull's-eyed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To bull's-eye
00:10
Bull's-eye
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| bull's-eye | |
| —n | |
| 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 Compare deadeye 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 |
| 10. | meteorol the eye or centre of a cyclone |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
