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Definitions: BULL'S-EYE |
BULL'S-EYENoun1. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. 2. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. 3. The center of a target. 4. Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. 5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. 6. A circular or oval opening for air or light. 7. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light. 8. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. 9. A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A nodule of pyrite in roofing slate. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intention | Final cause; raison d'etre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift; (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BULL'S-EYE |
| English words defined with "BULL'S-EYE": Bullock's-eye, Bull's-eye condenser ♦ Dark lantern. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BULL'S-EYE": bull's-eye tuyere. (references) |
| "BULL'S-EYE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "BULL'S-EYE" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BULL'S-EYE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tetővilágító ablak, tízes kör, céltábla közepe (blank, bull's eye), célfekete. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 金的 (object of desire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | き"てき (object of desire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | bolgan glenney. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ull's-eyebay глазок (eye, occelli, occellus, peep hole, peep-hole, speculum, spyhole). (various references) ใจกลางเป้า. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-b-e-e-l-l-s-u-y" | |
-3 letters: belles, bluely, bluesy, blueys. | |
-4 letters: belle, bells, belly, blues, bluey, bulls, bully, lubes, seely, selle, sully, yells, yules. | |
-5 letters: bees, bell, bels, beys, blue, bull, busy, buys, byes, eels, eely, ells, else, eyes, lees, leys, lube, lues, lyes, lyse, seel, sell, slub, slue, yell, yule. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4C 4C 27 53 2D 45 59 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001100 01001100 00100111 01010011 00101101 01000101 01011001 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U L L ' S - E Y E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004C 004C 0027 0053 002D 0045 0059 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3655464695315395939 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, ชาวฮังการี |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ชาวรัสเซีย |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | たい", าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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