Target
Target , noun
[Old French targette, dim. of Old French & French targe, of Teutonic origin; compare Anglo-Saxon targe, OD. targie, German zarge a frame, case, border, Old High German zarga, Icelandic targa shield.]
1.
A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
2.
(a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
(b)
The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
3.
(Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
4.
(Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
5.
A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. [English]
6.
A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. [Obsolete Scottish]
7.
A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.
8.
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.
9.
Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.
10.
A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.