Dart

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
  • n. An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
  • n. The stinger of an insect.
  • n. Games A game in which small, slender, pointed missiles are thrown at a target.
  • n. A sudden, rapid movement.
  • n. A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.
  • verb-intransitive. To move suddenly and rapidly: The dog darted across the street.
  • v. To thrust or throw suddenly and rapidly.
  • v. To cause to move swiftly and abruptly: The squirrel darted its head from side to side before scampering up the tree.
  • v. To shoot (an animal) with a tranquilizing dart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
  • n. Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  • n. A plan or scheme.
  • n. A sudden or fast movement.
  • n. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  • n. A fish; the dace.
  • n. A game of throwing darts at a target.
  • v. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • v. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
  • v. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
  • v. To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • v. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot.
  • verb-intransitive. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
  • verb-intransitive. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pointed missile weapon thrown or thrust-by the hand; a small and light spear or javelin, sometimes hurled by the aid of a strap or thong.
  • n. A kind of eel-spear.
  • n. A spear set up as a prize for victory in running or other athletic contests.
  • n. Anything like a dart in shape, use, or effect.
  • n. In conch., a love-dart, or spiculum amoris
  • n. One of various moths, so called by British collectors
  • n. A seam uniting two edges of stuff from between which a gore has been cut away: designed to shape a garment to the figure.
  • n. Figuratively, a piercing look or utterance.
  • n. A sudden swift movement.
  • To throw with a sudden thrust, as a pointed instrument.
  • To throw or thrust suddenly or rapidly; emit; shoot: as, the sun darts forth his beams.
  • To pierce; spear; transfix.
  • To have the piercing movement or effect of a dart; move swiftly, like a dart.
  • To spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: as, the deer darted from the thicket.
  • n. Same as dace, 1.
  • n. Plan; scheme.
  • n. Idea; ‘style’; fancy: as, “strawberries and cream, eh!—that's my dart.”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. run or move very quickly or hastily
  • n. a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
  • n. a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
  • v. move with sudden speed
  • n. a sudden quick movement
  • v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • Verb Form
    darted    darting    darts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tuck    thrust    hurtle    hurl    lunge    motility    movement    motion    move   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    dart sac   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    javelin    emit    shoot    jump    bolt    flit    leap    whisk    pounce    flirt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Art    Bart    Carte    Descartes    Hart    Harte    Start    apart    art    bart   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arrow    spear    bolt    bullet    dagger    missile    projectile    claw    sword    thrust