bullseye

Meanings

Noun

• The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
• A shot which hits the centre of a target.
• The two central rings on a dartboard.
• A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
• Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
• A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
• The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
• A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
• An oculus.
• A £50 banknote.
• Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.

Interjection

• A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
• A response to a totally accurate statement.

Origin

• From bull + eye.
• From the shape of the key plate or vignette.