Definition of target

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

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Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) A target in the form of a parrot.
Target :: Target (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal..
Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..
Eye :: Eye (n.) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..
Outer :: Outer (n.) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target..
Blank :: Blank (n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed..
But :: But (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..
Targeted :: Targeted (a.) Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target..
Targeteer :: Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
Target :: Target (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target..
Pin :: Pin (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..
But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) The center of a target.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
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