dart
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dart 
[dahrt] Pronunciation Key
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[dahrt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 6. | to move swiftly; spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: A mouse darted out of the closet and ran across the room. |
| 7. | to thrust or move suddenly or rapidly: He darted his eyes around the room. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < AF, OF < Old Low Franconian; cf. OE daroth, OHG tart, ON darrathr spear, lance]
] —Related forms
dart·ing·ly, adverb
dart·ing·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. arrow, barb. 6. dash, bolt, shoot.
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| dart
(därt) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. dart·ed, dart·ing, darts v. intr. To move suddenly and rapidly: The dog darted across the street. v. tr.
[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] |
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dart
dart
c.1314, from O.Fr. dart, from P.Gmc. *darothuz, source of O.E. daroð. Verb meaning "to move like a dart" is attested from 1619.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| dart | |
noun | |
| 1. | a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot |
| 2. | a tapered tuck made in dressmaking |
| 3. | a sudden quick movement [syn: flit] |
verb | |
| 1. | move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit] |
| 2. | run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" |
| 3. | move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dart
Dart\, n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara?, daro?, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra?r dart.]1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa. xviii. 14. 2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. --Hannan More. 3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. Dart sac (Zo["o]l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
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Dart
Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch. 2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope.
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Dart
Dart\, v. i. 1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart. 2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dart
an instrument of war; a light spear. "Fiery darts" (Eph. 6:16) are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 120:4).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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