dead-eye
Americanverb (used with object)
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Sports. to make a successful shot or score with perfect aim; to kick, hit, or throw a ball or puck with great accuracy.
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to stare without expression or feeling.
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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.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2023
Three days after the Clippers’ dead-eye accuracy against the Lakers marked one extreme — the Clippers’ 63% three-point shooting was their best against the Lakers since 1994 — Sunday’s revealed the other in stark contrast.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2022
He was a dead-eye long-range shooter in pickup basketball.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2019
Then he takes a single, and India finally hit the stumps, with a dead-eye throw from Jadeja, but this time Fakhar is well in.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2017
The man had not mentioned the fact that the dead-eye was loose up there, for the reason that he was a young chap and did not notice it.
From Command by McFee, William
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