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.

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bull's-eye

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) the small central disc of a target, usually the highest valued area

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) a shot hitting this

3. Informal something that exactly achieves its aim

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a small circular or oval window or opening

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a thick disc of glass set into a ship's deck, etc., to admit light

6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) the glass boss at the centre of a sheet of blown glass

7. (Physics / General Physics)

a.  a small thick plano-convex lens used as a condenser

b.  a lamp or lantern containing such a lens

8. (Cookery) a peppermint-flavoured, usually striped, boiled sweet

9. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical 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 Compare deadeye

10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol the eye or centre of a cyclone

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bull's-eye - a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light dark lantern lantern - light in a transparent protective case

Translations

bull's-eye [ˈbʊlzaɪ] N

1. [of target] → blanco m
to hit the bull's-eye; score a bull's-eye (lit, fig) → dar en el blanco

2. (= sweet) → caramelo m de menta

3. (= lantern) → linterna f sorda

4. (Naut) → ojo m de buey

bull's-eye [ˈbʊlzˌaɪ] n (of target) → centro (del bersaglio)
to hit the bull's-eye (fig) → far centro, colpire nel segno