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dart       (därt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
    2. An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
  2. The stinger of an insect.
  3. darts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games A game in which small, slender, pointed missiles are thrown at a target.
  4. A sudden, rapid movement.
  5. A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.

v.   dart·ed, dart·ing, darts

v.   intr.
To move suddenly and rapidly: The dog darted across the street.

v.   tr.
  1. To thrust or throw suddenly and rapidly.
  2. To cause to move swiftly and abruptly: The squirrel darted its head from side to side before scampering up the tree.
  3. To shoot (an animal) with a tranquilizing dart.


[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

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