Reverse Dictionary: AIM

ADJECTIVES
► BENT aimed or levelled as a weapon; braced or wound up for action; crouched for a spring → 1330 obs.
► SINGLE-MINDED having but one aim or purpose → 1860 

ADVERBS
► AFFECTEDLY with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly → 1596 obs.

NOUNS
► AFFECTATION an aiming at, striving after; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit → 1549 obs.
► ARCH an aim → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BENT aim, purpose, intention; that towards which an action, etc. is directed → 1579 obs.
► BOSS-SHOT a bad aim or shot → 1890 sl.
► CAST aim, purpose, design → 1325 obs.
► DART an aim, a plan, a scheme, an idea → 1887 Aust. sl.
► ETTLE an aim, an intent; an attempt, an effort, an endeavour → 1839 Sc.
► LEVEL aim, purpose, design → 1592 obs.
► MINT an aim, attempt at, effort, endeavour → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► OFFER an aiming at something, an aim → 1581 obs.
► PRETENSION an intention; an aim or aspiration → 1456 obs.
► SINGULARITY singleness of aim or purpose → 1340 obs.
► UMTION an aim, an object → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VIZZY an aim with a weapon → 1720 Sc.

PHRASES
► CAN’T HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN cannot aim something accurately → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COULDN’T HIT THE SIDE OF A BARN said of someone with poor aim → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ADDRESS to aim (a missile); to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct → 1374 obs.
► AFFECT to aim at, to aspire to, to make for; to seek to obtain or attain → 1483 obs.
► ART to aim at; to tend towards → 1898 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEND to aim a blow, weapon, etc. → 1530 obs.
► DRAW A BEAD UPON to take aim at → 1841 
► ECCLE ► ECKLE to aim or intend → 1721 Eng. dial.
► ETTLE to aim, to take aim at → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HACK AFTER to aim at, to strive for → 1393 obs.
► HEAVE AT to aim at, to strive after → 1535 obs.
► LELL to take aim → 1825 Sc. obs.
► MARK to aim, to intend to do something → 1400 Sc. obs.
► OFFER AT to aim at; to make an attempt at → 1847 Sc.
► POP to aim or impel an object → 1827 Sc.
► SUIT to aim at; to seek to obtain → 1559 Sc. obs.
► TAKE A VIZZY to aim with a weapon → 1801 Sc.
► VIZZY to take aim with a gun, bow, or other weapon → 1817 Sc.
► WALD to aim; to manage, handle, manipulate a weapon → 1790 Sc.