Meanings
plural bull's-eyes
- alternativeAlternative spelling of bullseye.
The door, under the pressure of a human battering-ram, burst open with a crash. On the threshold the intruders—four or five in number—stopped starkly for a moment, held in astonishment by the extraordinary scene that the light from the hall, and of their own bull's-eyes, revealed.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
nounin target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
nounsomething that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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bull's-eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull's-eye
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