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

A goal or objective.

An object of criticism or ridicule.

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

A kind of shield, specifically a small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war and also represented in heraldry.

(sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

(surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

(rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

(cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

(linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.

(translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

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

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

(transitive, figurative) To aim for as an audience or demographic.

(transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.