bull's-eye
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈbʊlzˌaɪ/
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- During archery practice, she hit the bull's-eye on her first attempt.
- hit the bull's-eye
- bull's-eye target
- center of the bull's-eye
Examples
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There was a red and white bull's-eye target tacked to a hay bale ten yards away.
Fiction book (2001) -
Finally, the team gets its Gorn and hits the bull's-eye.
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I got 5 bull's eyes!
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You completely hit the bull's eye!
Blog text (2) -
Bob must have hit the bull's-eye at least once.
Fiction book (1992) -
I told you to hit the bull's-eye.
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I think you hit the bull's-eye perfectly here.
Blog text (7) -
We don't always hit the bull's eye.
Blog text (34) -
I can make this dart hit the bull's-eye every time.
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And last summer, I got five bull's-eyes in a day, so, you know, they gave me the Sharpshooter of the Week Award.
Synonyms
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2.0
An object people aim at in shooting or archery
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4.9
A point to aim at in shooting or archery
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6.8
The center of a target that scores the most points
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Etymology
Bull's-eye comes from an old name for a thick, round piece of glass that looked like a 'bull's eye' or 'big round eye', and people used that image for the round centre of a target. So to hit the bull's-eye is to hit the exact centre.