Meaning

• Noun

  1. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
  2. A goal or objective.
  3. An object of criticism or ridicule.
  4. A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
  5. A kind of shield:
  6. (obsolete) A kind of shield:
  7. A kind of shield:
  8. The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
  9. The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
  10. A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
  11. the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
  12. The tenor of a metaphor.
  13. The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
  14. The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
  15. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
  16. A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
  17. (obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
  18. (obsolete) A shred; a tatter.

• Verb