A goal or objective

• We all missed the target.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Eventually, he hit the target.

  Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR

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

An object of criticism or ridicule

A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed

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

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war — A kind of shieldrare

A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler — A kind of shieldrare

A bearing representing a buckler — A kind of shieldrare

The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or markrare

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staffrare

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

To aim for as an audience or demographic

To produce code suitable forrare