English noun: bull's eye | |||
1. | bull's eye (act) in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target | ||
Samples | In repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | score | ||
2. | bull's eye (location) the center of a target | ||
Synonyms | bull | ||
Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, midpoint | ||
Part meronym | mark, target | ||
3. | bull's eye (act) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal | ||
Samples | The new advertising campaign was a bell ringer. Scored a bull's eye. Hit the mark. The president's speech was a home run. | ||
Synonyms | bell ringer, home run, mark | ||
Broader (hypernym) | success | ||
Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||