bullseye

plural bullseyes · alternative bull's-eye · alternative bull's eye

1. engineeringThe centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
3. dartsThe two central rings on a dartboard.
4. A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.

   She had tried to look vague and sad and to murmur something in spite of the bull's-eye in her cheek […].

   1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 183

5. obsoletenauticalThick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.

   Synonyms: porthole

6. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
7. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
8. A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.

   [I]nstead of the six pair of feet which should have protruded therefrom, the gleam of the bull's-eye showed but four.

   1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 45

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   He put on his fur coat and hat and went out into the hall. There he paused, hearing the slow heavy tread of the policeman on the pavement outside and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye reflected in the window.

   1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray

9. broadlygovernmentA commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
10. architectureAn oculus.
11. UKslangA £50 banknote.
12. informalhobbiesAny of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
13. artsThe mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.

    Synonyms: bullion

14. An egg in a hole.
15. UKhistoricalobsoleteslangA crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.

    Synonyms: bull

alternative bull's-eye · alternative bull's eye

1. A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
2. broadlyA response to a totally accurate statement.

   —Did John steal the petty cash? —Bullseye.