target practice
Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the…Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim.
» Tom wanted to get in a little target practice before he went into the office.
Tom wollte ein paar Schießübungen machen, bevor er ins Büro ginge.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim.
(uncountable)The target of such exercise, especially figuratively as an easy target.
- practice in shooting at targets
Examples
6 sentencesTom wanted to get in a little target practice before he went into the office.
deTom wollte ein paar Schießübungen machen, bevor er ins Büro ginge.
I thought that I'd get in some target practice.
The soldiers had target practice in the morning.
ruУтром у солдат были учебные стрельбы.
deDie Soldaten führten am Morgen Zielübungen aus.
We had target practice yesterday.
deWir hatten gestern eine Schießübung.
Yanni used that gun for target practice.
Translations
2 languagesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable