Meaning

15 senses
  1. The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

    Mitte, Zielscheibenmitte

    я́блочко мише́ниjábločko mišéni, я́блочкоjábločko

  2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.

    Volltreffer

  3. The two central rings on a dartboard.

  4. A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.

  5. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.

  6. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.

    Butzen

  7. 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.

  8. (broadly)A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.

  9. An oculus.

  10. (UK, slang)A £50 banknote.

  11. (informal)Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.

  12. The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.

Examples

116 sentences
  1. You hit the bullseye.

    ruТы попал в яблочко.

    deDu hast ins Schwarze getroffen.

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  2. Yanni couldn't fix that windshield bullseye.

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  3. Yanni looked at the windshield bullseye.

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  4. The windshield bullseye is still visible.

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  5. The windshield bullseye is right here.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
centre of a target:
thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
centre of a target:
shot which hits the centre of a target:
thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light:
central part of crown glass disk:

Origin

From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow th

From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.

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