dead-eye

[ded-ahy]

verb (used with object)

dead-eyed, dead-eyeing 

1. Sports.,  to make a successful shot or score with perfect aim; to kick, hit, or throw a ball or puck with great accuracy.

2. to stare without expression or feeling.

noun

plural

dead-eyes 

1. a person with perfect aim, especially in sports or marksmanship.

Other Word Forms

• dead-eyed adjective

Example Sentences

Her dead-eye kicking for the posts is a big strength, but that is unlikely to be needed against Scotland given the form of fly-half Zoe Harrison.

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Nissanka and Karunaratne ran well until the latter was sold short by a tight single and Stone's dead-eye throw.

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Dead-eye Jack Smith is waiting in the doorway.

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He looks like dead-eye Marshal Earp, descending on Trump like the angel of death.

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Smith is capable of penetrating any defence with his acceleration and dead-eye distribution, while the physicality and hard running lines of Ollie Lawrence at 12 should help the Harlequins star play to his strengths.

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Related Words

• consciousness 
• mind 
• recollection 
• remembrance 
• thought