What is the meaning of bull's eye?

noun

  • In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target.
    • usage: "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied"
  • The center of a target.
  • Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.
    • usage: "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"
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