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Audio Help [dahrt] Pronunciation Key

–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.

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)

6.	to move swiftly; spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: A mouse darted out of the closet and ran across the room.

–verb (used with object)

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 Audio Help (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.
The stinger of an insect.
darts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games A game in which small, slender, pointed missiles are thrown at a target.
A sudden, rapid movement.
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.

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

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

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

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"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dart1 [daːt] noun

a pointed arrow-like weapon for throwing or shooting
Example: a poisoned dart

Arabic:	سَهْم صَغير، نُبَيْله
Chinese (Simplified):	镖，标枪
Chinese (Traditional):	鏢，標槍
Czech:	šipka, šíp
Danish:	pil
Dutch:	pijltje
Estonian:	viskoda, (viske)nool
Finnish:	nuoli, tikka
French:	dard
German:	der Pfeil
Greek:	βελάκι
Hungarian:	dárda
Icelandic:	(kast)píla
Indonesian:	sumpitan
Italian:	dardo

Japanese:	投げ矢
Korean:	화살, 화살 모양의 것
Latvian:	šķēps; šautra
Lithuanian:	strėlė
Norwegian:	(kaste)pil
Polish:	strzałka
Portuguese (Brazil):	dardo
Portuguese (Portugal):	dardo
Romanian:	suliţă
Russian:	дротик
Slovak:	oštep, šíp
Slovenian:	sulica
Spanish:	dardo, flechilla
Swedish:	pil
Turkish:	kargı

dart2 [daːt] noun

a sudden and quick movement

Arabic:	إنْدِفاع، وَثْبَه صَغيرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	突进
Chinese (Traditional):	突進
Czech:	prudký pohyb
Danish:	pilen (afsted)
Dutch:	sprong
Estonian:	sööst
Finnish:	syöksähdys
French:	élan
German:	der Satz
Greek:	απότομη κίνηση
Hungarian:	szökellés
Icelandic:	snögg og skyndileg hreyfing
Indonesian:	gerakan cepat
Italian:	balzo

Japanese:	突進
Korean:	급격한 돌진
Latvian:	zibenīga kustība
Lithuanian:	metimasis, šuolis
Norwegian:	brå bevegelse
Polish:	skok, rzut
Portuguese (Brazil):	arremetida
Portuguese (Portugal):	corrida
Romanian:	salt
Russian:	рывок
Slovak:	skok
Slovenian:	nenaden gib
Spanish:	movimiento rápido
Swedish:	plötslig och snabb rörelse, språng
Turkish:	fırlama

dart [daːt] verb

to move suddenly and quickly
Example: The mouse darted into a hole.

Arabic:	يَنْدَفِع، يَنْطَلِق
Chinese (Simplified):	突进，飞奔，急冲
Chinese (Traditional):	突進，飛奔，急衝
Czech:	skočit, vběhnout
Danish:	pile; fare
Dutch:	schieten
Estonian:	sööstma
Finnish:	syöksähtää
French:	foncer
German:	losstürzen
Greek:	πετάγομαι, ορμώ
Hungarian:	szökken
Icelandic:	skjótast
Indonesian:	melesat
Italian:	balzare

Japanese:	突進する
Korean:	재빠르게 움직이다; 휙 던지다
Latvian:	mesties
Lithuanian:	nerti
Norwegian:	pile
Polish:	rzucić się, popędzić
Portuguese (Brazil):	disparar
Portuguese (Portugal):	disparar
Romanian:	a (se) arunca
Russian:	ринуться
Slovak:	vbehnúť
Slovenian:	švigniti
Spanish:	lanzarse, precipitarse
Swedish:	pila, störta, kila
Turkish:	hızla koşmak, fırlamak

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dart

Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin.

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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.

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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DART
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