variants:
or bullseye
plural bull's-eyes or bullseyes
Definition of bull's-eye
1 : a very hard globular candy
2 : a circular piece of glass especially with a lump in the middle
3a : the center of a target also : something central or crucial
b : a shot that hits the bull's-eye broadly : something that precisely attains a desired end
4 : a simple lens of short focal distance also : a lantern with such a lens
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The first known use of bull's-eye was in 1825
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