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BULL'S EYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bull's eye mean?
• BULL'S EYE (noun)
The noun BULL'S EYE has 3 senses:
1. in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
3. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Familiarity information: BULL'S EYE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied
Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):
score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The center of a target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):
center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
Holonyms ("bull's eye" is a part of...):
mark; target (a reference point to shoot at)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark
Context example:
the president's speech was a home run
Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):
success (an attainment that is successful)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Context examples
The first symptom is usually a rash, which may look like a bull's eye.
(Lyme Disease, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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