bullseye
Meanings
Plural: bullseyes
Noun
- The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- A shot which hits the centre of a target.
- The two central rings on a dartboard.
- A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
- Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
- A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
- The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
- 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.
- A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
- An oculus.
- A £50 banknote.
- Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
- The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
- An egg in a hole.
- A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
Intj
- A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
- A response to a totally accurate statement.
Origin / Etymology
From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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