bull's-eye

Noun

bullseye (plural bullseyes)

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.
   • She had tried to look vague and sad and to murmur something in spite of the bull's-eye in her cheek […].1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 183
5. (obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.

   Synonyms:

   porthole

6. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.

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