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Dart Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dart?
[n] a sudden quick movement
[n] a tapered tuck made in dressmaking [n] a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot [v] move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke" [v] move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [v] run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dart: dash | flash | fleet | flit | flit | flutter | scoot | scud | shoot Related Terms | Find terms related to Dart: antelope | arrow | arrowhead | barb | beesting | blue darter | blue streak | bobtailed arrow | bolt | bowl | bustle | buzz about | cannonball | career | cast | catapult | chested arrow | chuck | chunk | cloth yard shaft | courser | dash | eagle | electricity | express train | fang | fire | flash | flight | fling | flip | float | flutter | fly | fork | fuss | gazelle | greased lightning | greyhound | hare | haste | hasten | heave | hie | hump | hump it | hurl | hurry | hurry about | hurtle | jerk | jet plane | lance | launch | let fly | light | lightning | lob | make a fuss | make haste | mercury | pass | peg | pelt | pitch | pitchfork | post | precipitate | put | put the shot | quarrel | quicksilver | race | reed | rocket | run | rush | rush about | rush around | sail | scamper | scared rabbit | scoot | scour | scramble | scud | scurry | scuttle | serve | shaft | shoot | shot | shy | skedaddle | skim | sling | snakebite | snap | speed | sprint | spurt | step on it | sting | stinger | streak | streak of lightning | striped snake | swallow | tang | tear | tear around | thought | throw | thunderbolt | tilt | torrent | toss | volley | whiz about | wind See Also | banderilla | belt along | bucket along | butterfly | cannonball along | cut back | flash back | garment | hasten | hie | hotfoot | hurl | hurry | hurtle | lunge | missile | motility | motion | move | movement | pelt along | plunge | projectile | race | rush | rush along | speed | thrust | travel rapidly | tuck | zip Dart In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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. |
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