sweet spot

Definitions

1. 1

   Any place that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result.

   • Shelby figured if the dog was going to bite her, he'd have already done so. […] She found his sweet spot—a patch low behind his ear—and lightly raked it with her nails until his big eyes rolled back in contentment.
2. 2

   Any set of conditions that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result.

3. 3

   The clitoris, prostate gland, or other internal center of sexual pleasure.

   • Then he knelt over her and began to make her wet with his fingers, finding her sweet spot the way he used to, so brilliantly, finding it, working it, moistening his finger from his lips and from herself, setting the fire raging in her now.
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   1. 4

      Any of several places on a bat, racquet, etc., with which to hit a ball, resulting in the…

      Any of several places on a bat, racquet, etc., with which to hit a ball, resulting in the latter rebounding with some optimal desirable effect, such as minimum vibration or maximum velocity.

      • He hit the ball with the sweet spot, resulting in a gapper.
      • The term sweet spot is used in describing that point or region of a tennis racket where the ball should be hit for optimum results. There are several definitions of this term, each one based on different physical phenomenon.
   2. 5

      The spot of a lens in where image clarity is perfectly clear and sharp.

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