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noun. An object, such as a padded disk with a marked surface, that is shot at to test accuracy in rifle or archery practice.

noun. Something aimed or fired at.

noun. An object of criticism or verbal attack.

noun. One to be influenced or changed by an action or event.

noun. A desired goal.

noun. A railroad signal that indicates the position of a switch by its color, position, and shape.

noun. The sliding sight on a surveyor's leveling rod.

noun. A small round shield.

noun. A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused and from which x-rays are emitted.

transitive verb. To aim at or identify as a target.

transitive verb. To identify or treat as the object of action, criticism, or change.

transitive verb. To design for or direct toward a specific object or audience.

idiom. (on target) Completely accurate, precise, or valid.

noun. A shield.

noun. In the seventeenth century, a shield of any form used by an infantry soldier as a substitute for body-armor. Compare targeteer.

noun. A shield-shaped, circular, or other mark at which archers or users of firearms shoot for practice or for a prize: so called from the mark, which usually consists of concentric rings.

noun. Figuratively, anything at which observation is aimed; one who or that which is a marked object of curiosity, admiration, contempt, or other feeling.

noun. On a railroad, the frame or holder in which a signal is displayed, as at switches.

noun. The sliding sight on a leveling-staff. Also called vane. See cut under leveling-staff.

noun. In heraldry, a bearing representing a round shield, or buckler.

noun. A pendant, often jeweled; a tassel.

noun. A shred; slice.

noun. In archery, the five circles count as follows: gold center, 9; red, 7; inner white or blue, 5; black, 3; outer white, 1.

noun. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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noun. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

noun. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

noun. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

noun. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

noun. A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

noun. A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.

noun. A goal for an activity.

noun. A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.

noun. Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.

noun. A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.

noun. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

noun. A goal or objective.

noun. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

noun. A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

noun. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

noun. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

noun. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

noun. the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

noun. The tenor of a metaphor.

noun. The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

noun. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

verb. To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

verb. To aim for as an audience or demographic.

verb. To produce code suitable for.