DARTS

darts

(noun) a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

darts

plural of dart

Noun

darts

(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land

Verb

darts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dart

Anagrams

• 'tards, ADRTs, Darst, Strad, dar'st, darst, drats, tards, trads

Noun

Darts

plural of Dart

Anagrams

• 'tards, ADRTs, Darst, Strad, dar'st, darst, drats, tards, trads

Noun

DARTs

plural of DART

Anagrams

• 'tards, ADRTs, Darst, Strad, dar'st, darst, drats, tards, trads

Source: Wiktionary


DART

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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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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