BULL'S EYE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

Example:

the president's speech was a home run

Synonyms:

bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

Meaning:

In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target

Example:

in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)

Meaning:

The center of a target

Synonyms:

bull; bull's eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("bull's eye" is a kind of...):

center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)

Holonyms ("bull's eye" is a part of...):

mark; target (a reference point to shoot at)