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DART
flit, dart
(noun) a sudden quick movement
dart
(noun) a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
dart
(noun) a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
dart
(verb) move with sudden speed; “His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke”
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; “The hummingbird flitted among the branches”
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Dart
A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.
Noun
Dart (plural Darts)
(UK, naval slang) An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.
Anagrams
• 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DTRA, drat, tard, trad
Noun
DART (plural DARTs)
Acronym of disaster assistance response team.
Disaster animal response team.
Disaster area response team.
Abbreviation of disaster assistance and rescue team.
Disaster response team.
Proper noun
DART
Abbreviation of Dublin Area Rapid Transport.
Acronym of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Anagrams
• 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DTRA, drat, tard, trad
Etymology 1
Noun
dart (plural darts)
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
(sometimes, figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
(military) A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
(Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
A sudden or fast movement.
(sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
A fish, the dace.
(Australia, Newfoundland, colloquial) A cigarette.
Etymology 2
Verb
dart (third-person singular simple present darts, present participle darting, simple past and past participle darted)
(transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
(transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
(transitive) To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart
(intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
(intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
Anagrams
• 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DTRA, drat, tard, trad
Source: Wiktionary
Dart, n. Etym: [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra 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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fish; the dace. See Dace. Dart sac (Zoöl.), 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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