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BULL'S EYE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Example:
the president's speech was a home run
Synonyms:
bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
Example:
in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):
score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The center of a target
Synonyms:
bull; bull's eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
