Meaning of Bullseye | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
3. The two central rings on a dartboard.
4. A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
5. Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
   obsolete
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.
9. A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
   broadly
10. An oculus.
11. A £50 banknote.
    UK, slang
12. Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
    informal
13. The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
14. An egg in a hole.
15. A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
    UK, historical, obsolete, slang

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Examples

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

“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.”

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