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bull's_eye
has definitions from the field of sport
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[ noun ] (sport) in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
Examples "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied" Used in print (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)In repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes vary . What can we say of the probabilities of the different possible numbers of bull's-eyes ? In the examples above , the occurrence of a bull's-eye , a straight haired mouse , or an ace could be called a `` success '' . In the marksmanship example , a trial consists_of `` one round shot at a target '' with outcome either one bull's-eye ( success ) or none ( failure ) . It is natural from the marksman 's viewpoint to call a bull's-eye a success , but in the mice example it is arbitrary which category corresponds to straight hair in a mouse . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the center of a target
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)He just shot at the board and_then drew circles around the holes to form a bull's-eye . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)A trained marksman shooting five rounds at a target , all under practically the same conditions , may hit the bull's-eye from 0 to 5 times . |
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[ noun ] something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Synonyms Examples "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer" "scored a bull's eye" "hit the mark" "the president's speech was a home run" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)People who take us for suckers are like the Westerner who had on exhibit his superior marksmanship in the form of a number of bull's-eye achievements . |
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