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bull's-eye |
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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations bull's-eye [ˈbʊlzˌaɪ] n (of target) → centro (del bersaglio) to hit the bull's-eye (fig) → far centro, colpire nel segno bull's-eye [ˈbʊlzˌaɪ] n (of target) → centro (del bersaglio) to hit the bull's-eye (fig) → far centro, colpire nel segno How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Gilbert now took his stand and slowly shot his arrows, one after another, into the bull's-eye. Bucket stops for a moment at the corner and takes a lighted bull's-eye from the constable on duty there, who then accompanies him with his own particular bull's-eye at his waist. Mr Inspector had not moved, and had given no order; but, the satellite slipped his back against the wicket, and laid his left arm along the top of it, and with his right hand turned the bull's-eye he had taken from his chief--in quite a casual manner--towards the stranger. |
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