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| dart [ daart ] |
noun (plural darts) |
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1. leisure missile used in game: a short weighted arrow with a long slender point, a tapered tubular body, and plastic or metal fins that is thrown at a dartboard in the game of darts
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2. arms missile used as weapon: a small arrow with a point at one end and feathers or fins at the other that can be thrown, shot from a blowgun, or scattered by an exploding bomb
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3. zoology pointed projecting part or organ: a pointed projecting body part used, e.g. to penetrate tissue, or, in some species of snails, in mating
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4. fast move: a sudden quick movement
  He made a dart for the door.
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5. handicraft stitched tapering fold: a tapering fold sewn into a garment to make it fit, e.g. at the waist or bust
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verb (past and past participle dart·ed, present participle dart·ing, 3rd person present singular darts) |
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1. intransitive verb move swiftly: to move suddenly and quickly
The little fish darted under a stone.
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2. transitive verb make something move quickly: to move, extend, or direct something suddenly and quickly
She darted a meaningful glance at her press secretary during the meeting with reporters.
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| [14th century. < Old French< Germanic < Indo-European, "sharp"] |
