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Definitions for Dart

[1] a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
[2] something similar in function to such a missile, as the stinging member of an insect.
[3] darts, (used with a singular verb ) a game in which darts are thrown at a target usually marked with concentric circles divided into segments and with a bull's-eye in the center.
[4] an act of darting; a sudden swift movement.
[5] a tapered seam of fabric for adjusting the fit of a garment.
[6] to move swiftly; spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: A mouse darted out of the closet and ran across the room.
[7] to thrust or move suddenly or rapidly: He darted his eyes around the room.
[8] a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot, as in the game of darts
[9] a sudden quick movement
[10] zoology a slender pointed structure, as in snails for aiding copulation or in nematodes for penetrating the host's tissues
[11] a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
[12] to move or throw swiftly and suddenly; shoot she darted across the room
[13] any of various tropical and semitropical marine fish

Words related to Dart

float, hurtle, fling, flit, scamper, flash, bound, scurry, dash, skim, scoot, gallop, sprint, hurry, spring, course, whiz, pitch, heave, cast

Words nearby Dart

darren, darrow, darrow, clarence, darshan, darshana, dart, dartboard, darter, dartford, dartitis, dartle

Origin of Dart

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Old Low Franconian; compare Old English daroth, Old High German tart, Old Norse darrathr spear, lance

Other words from Dart

dart·ing·ly , adverb
dart·ing·ness , noun

Word origin for Dart

from Middle English darce , from Late Latin dardus , dart, javelin

Synonyms for Dart

bound, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, gallop, hurry, hurtle, scamper, scoot, scurry, skim, sprint, career, cast, course, fly, hasten, heave, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scud, shoot, speed, spring, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly