bull's-eye
noun
the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
bull's-eyes
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pluralof bull's-eye.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Nuggets entered these playoffs with bull’s-eyes on their backs but supremely confident of their chances to repeat after tying a franchise record with 57 regular season wins, four more than last year.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Miguel Montero, the steal of the draft, hit two bull’s-eyes.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2018
When the beam bull’s-eyes it, the collision triggers the fusion processes that happen inside stars, when small atoms join to build larger ones.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2017
The identical houses in which the airmen dwell are occasionally filmed from above, as if they, too, were potential bull’s-eyes.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
Next to the steakhouse is a shooting gallery, where the fake guns have such poor aim that no one can hit the little bull’s-eyes attached to plastic cactuses, wild-eyed cowboy cutouts, and stuffed, patchy-haired bobcats.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
