dart
dart
Definition
dart (därt)
noun
- a small, pointed missile, usually with the rear end feathered, used as for throwing at a target in games or for shooting from a blowgun
- anything resembling this
- a sudden, quick movement
- a short, stitched fold that tapers to a point, used to shape a garment
- a game in which darts (see dartsense ) are thrown at a target (dart′·board′)
Etymology: ME < OFr < Frank *darod (akin to OE daroth), spear
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to throw, shoot, or send out suddenly and fast
- to move suddenly and fast
dart
Synonyms
dart
Synonyms
dart
v.
dart
Usage Examples
Object
- bodice: Rounded neckline with 3/4 length sleeves, darted bodice with overlapping shaped seam, decorated with two big pale blue buttons.
- glance: He would laugh to himself as he ran down the line, darting a glance now and then at the man ahead of him.
- eye: His wife, a small fiery woman with darting gray eyes marched up.
- run: Voyce almost made up for his earlier kicking mistake with a stunning, darting run.
Converse of object
- poison: Bond is knocked out by a poisoned dart to the neck.
- throw: The guy who threw a dart into my leg at a Mudhoney gig in New York around 1980.
Adjective modifier
- yellow: Until next time, Ben ' The Yellow Dart ' Lancaster don't get the ' yellow dart ' gag?
Modifies a noun
- frog: These small brown frogs are related to the brightly colored poison dart frogs.
- molding: Their base is profiled and the upper end is finished with a row of egg - and - dart molding.
- board: There's a pool table, dart board, big screen with Sky TV.
- gun: The comedy dart gun is a staple of British humor.
Modifying Another Word
- suddenly: Although they bask in the very hot sun near motionless they will suddenly dart out of sight if threatened.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: There were two men, darting around, flapping their hands and shouting at the sheep.
- over: She was pouncing and darting over my bed to catch it, sometimes standing on me.
Possessives
- gag: Until next time, Ben ' The Yellow Dart ' Lancaster don't get the ' yellow dart ' gag?
Preposition: in
- direction: His eyes darted in every direction and he was desperate to create space between himself and Laura.
Noun used with modifier
- poison: These small brown frogs are related to the brightly colored poison dart frogs.
- foam: William Potter: The first issue has got a Spectrum Shooter - which is a foam dart gun - which is surprisingly good actually!
- eye: His legs kick under the table while his eyes dart around at the different posters on the wall.
Browse dictionary entries near dart
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- darning needle
- darning
- darner
- darnel
- darter
- Dartmoor
- Dartmouth
- Darvon
- Darwin
- Darwinian
- Darwinian theory
- Darwinism
- Darwinist
- Darwinistic
