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.
noun
plural
dead-eyesOther Word Forms
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
He was a dead-eye long-range shooter in pickup basketball.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2019
Leaving school at 15, things moved fast for Stewart, and he quickly became a dead-eye trap shooter, winning national titles, qualifying for the British team and competing at the 1957 European Championships in Paris.
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2015
"That game changed basketball forever," said Lynn Shackelford, a dead-eye shooter for the Bruins in 1968.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2015
Her cabin was the after-cabin on the starboard side, was entered through the cuddy, had a door communicating with the quarter gallery, two stern windows and a dead-eye on deck.
From Foul Play by Reade, Charles
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