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target
English
Etymology
From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targ? (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *der??- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t????t/, [?t?????t?]
- (UK) IPA(key): /t????t/
Noun
target (plural targets)
- 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.
- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 200,
- These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target, thus.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 200,
- (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22,
- The target or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22,
- (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
- (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.
- (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
- (translated version): target language
Coordinate terms
- (translated version): source
Meronyms
- (sport): bull/bullseye, inner, magpie, outer
Derived terms
- targeteer
- targeter
- targeting
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (t?getto)
Translations
Verb
target (third-person singular simple present targets, present participle targeting or targetting, simple past and past participle targeted or targetted)
- (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
- The advertising campaign targeted older women.
- (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.
- This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.
Translations
See also
- Target on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gretta, gatter
Cebuano
Etymology
From English target.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tar?get
Noun
target
- 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
- (sports) the pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark
- a shot of tuba
Verb
target
- to aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target)
- to hurl something at a target
- to impale with a projectile weapon
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:target.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
target n (plural targets, diminutive targetje n)
- target
Spanish
Etymology
From English target.
Noun
target m (plural targets)
- target (goal, objective)
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honeypot
English
Alternative forms
- honey pot
Etymology
honey +? pot
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?n'?-p?t
Noun
honeypot (plural honeypots)
- A pot of honey.
- (figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:
- (US slang, dated) A romantic pet name; "honey".
- (slang) A vulva or vagina.
- 2011, Mechele Armstrong, Code Monkey ?ISBN:
- "[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have a point.
- 2011, Mechele Armstrong, Code Monkey ?ISBN:
- (espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
- 1989, The Washingtonian, vol. 24, page 25.
- 1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe: Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War, Random House, ?ISBN, page 226.
- 2004, Richard C.S. Trahair, Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations, Greenwood Press, ?ISBN, page 353.
- 1989, The Washingtonian, vol. 24, page 25.
- A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
- (computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
- 2007, "Data leak: Cyber sherlocks outwit hackers," The Economic Times, 12 Oct. (retrieved 29 June 2008),
- Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers.
- 2007, "Data leak: Cyber sherlocks outwit hackers," The Economic Times, 12 Oct. (retrieved 29 June 2008),
- (chiefly Britain) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
- 2004, Bernice Davidson, "England 2004: Bright lights on the water," Telegraph.co.uk, 13 Mar. (retrieved 28 June 2008),
- Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.
- 2004, Bernice Davidson, "England 2004: Bright lights on the water," Telegraph.co.uk, 13 Mar. (retrieved 28 June 2008),
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A chamberpot.
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A slop bucket.
Synonyms
- (vagina): See Thesaurus:vagina
- (chamber pot): See Thesaurus:chamber pot
- (honey pit): See Thesaurus:outhouse
Related terms
- honeynet
- honeytoken
- honeytrap
Translations
Portuguese
Noun
honeypot m (plural honeypots)
- (computer security) honeypot (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorised use of information systems)
- Synonym: pote de mel
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