Thesaurus: bull's-eye
A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
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- n. A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
- n. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
- n. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
- n. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
- n. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
- n. Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
- n. The center of a target.
- n. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
- n. A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
- n. a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
- n. in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target
- n. the center of a target