dart

[Dart]

A dart is a tiny missile with a pointy end that can be a weapon or part of a game, like those pointy things that people throw at dartboards. If a person darts, it just means she’s moving quickly.

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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.

Noun
a sudden quick movement

Noun
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking

Noun
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot

Verb
move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"

Verb
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

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Verb
run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"


n.
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.

n.
Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

n.
A spear set as a prize in running.

n.
A fish; the dace. See Dace.

v. t.
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

v. t.
To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

v. i.
To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

v. i.
To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.


Dart

Dart , n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darrar 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. 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.
3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] Chaucer. 4. (Zo'94l.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. Dart sac (Zo'94l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

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?

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.

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.

To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

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