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Noun: bullseye  'bûlz,I
  1. Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    "the new advertising campaign was a bullseye";
    - bell ringer, bull's-eye, mark, home run
     
  2. In target shooting: a score made by hitting the centre of the target
    "The marksman scored three bullseyes in a row";
    - bull's-eye
     
  3. The centre of a target
    "The archer's arrow hit the bullseye";
    - bull's-eye, bull
Noun: bull's-eye  'bûlz,I
  1. A lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
    "The night watchman used a bull's-eye lantern to inspect the dark corners of the warehouse";
    - dark lantern

Derived forms: bull's-eyes, bullseyes

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], lantern, lanthorn [archaic], midpoint, score, success

Part of: mark, target

Encyclopedia: Bullseye, 1972

Bull's-eye