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dart

[ dahrt ]

noun

  1. a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.

    Synonyms: barb, arrow

  2. something similar in function to such a missile, as the stinging member of an insect.
  3. darts, (used with a singular verb) a game in which darts are thrown at a target usually marked with concentric circles divided into segments and with a bull's-eye in the center.
  4. an act of darting; a sudden swift movement.
  5. a tapered seam of fabric for adjusting the fit of a garment.


verb (used without object)

  1. to move swiftly; spring or start suddenly and run swiftly:

    A mouse darted out of the closet and ran across the room.

    Synonyms: shoot, bolt, dash

verb (used with object)

  1. to thrust or move suddenly or rapidly:

    He darted his eyes around the room.

dart

1

/ dɑːt /

noun

  1. a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot, as in the game of darts
  2. a sudden quick movement
  3. zoology a slender pointed structure, as in snails for aiding copulation or in nematodes for penetrating the host's tissues
  4. a tapered tuck made in dressmaking


verb

  1. to move or throw swiftly and suddenly; shoot

    she darted across the room

dart

2

/ dɑːt /

noun

  1. any of various tropical and semitropical marine fish

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Derived Forms

  • ˈdarting, adjective
  • ˈdartingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • darting·ly adverb
  • darting·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dart1

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Old Low Franconian; compare Old English daroth, Old High German tart, Old Norse darrathr spear, lance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dart1

C14: from Old French, of Germanic origin; related to Old English daroth spear, Old High German tart dart

Origin of dart2

from Middle English darce , from Late Latin dardus , dart, javelin

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Example Sentences

Moments before he begins to rap, his eyes dart nervously around.

Her eyes dart through oval, wire-rimmed glasses that rest gently on her round cheeks.

Two taps and a fast dart later, it was in the back of the net.

The same is true for Iris Dart, who has adapted her book Beaches (later a popular film) for the stage.

In Young Frankenstein, there is a scene in which Gene Wilder throws a dart and misses the target.

The first true pang of grief shot through Ethel like a dart, stabbing and taking away her breath, "Where are they?"

It finally plunged sharply down to a steamboat ferry, over which we crossed the Dart and landed directly in the town.

Spread out on one of the steep slopes of the Dart, it overlooks the deep-set river toward the sea.

He had no inclination for some minutes to dart down again into the valley to proceed on the course he had marked out.

To such a mind, ridicule is a venomed dart, piercing and poisoning, and pride but inflames the wound.

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