Definition of "target practice" []

• Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim. (noun)
• The target of such exercise, especially figuratively as an easy target. (noun)

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• "That is what Charles had taught me that gay and distant summer so long ago when such weapons were merely excuses for trips to the island for target practice punctuated by the shrill shrieks of our nervous laughter as Nina and I allowed ourselves to be held, arms supported, bodies shrinking back into the firm support of our so-serious tutors 'arms."
• "Outside he saw Joe-Jim, who did not see him at once, as he was methodically letting fly, as calmly as if he had been engaging in target practice in his own study."
• "The Kyogle was used by the RAAF for target practice in the 1950s and actually mistaken for the Centaur in the 1990s, until a 178m world record wreck dive by Trevor Jackson in 2002 raised doubts about the ship's identity."