bull's eye

bull's-eye or bull's eye (blz)

n.

1.

a. The small central circle on a target.

b. A shot that hits this circle.

2.

a. A direct hit: scored a bull's-eye on the window with a snowball.

b. The precise accomplishment of a goal or purpose: "With his overflowing style, [he] almost always hits the bull's-eye of universality" (William Zimmer).

3. A thick, circular piece of glass set, as in a roof or ship's deck, to admit light.

4. A circular opening or window.

5.

a. A planoconvex lens used to concentrate light.

b. A lantern or lamp having such a lens.

6. A piece of round hard candy.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bull's eye - in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target; "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied" score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
	2.	bull's eye - the center of a target bull target, mark - a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" midpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
	3.	bull's eye - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" home run, bell ringer, mark success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense