Definition for: dart

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English

Etymology

Old French dart, of German origin; compare Old High German tart javelin, dart, Anglo Saxon dara , daro , Swedish dart dagger, Icelandic darrar dart

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

Noun

dart ( plural darts )

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.

   Quotations

   • And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. - 2nd Samuel 18:14

2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

   Quotations

   • The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. - Hannan More

3. A sudden or fast movement.
4. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
5. (Obsolete): A spear set as a prize in running. - Geoffrey Chaucer
6. (Zoölogy): A fish; the dace. See dace.
7. (in plural): A game of throwing darts at a target.

Translations

a missile

a game

Derived terms

• Dart sac , (Zoölogy): a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

Transitive Verb

to dart ( third-person singular simple present darts , present participle darting , simple past darted , past participle darted )

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.

   Quotations

   • Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? - Alexander Pope

Intransitive Verb

to dart ( third-person singular simple present darts , present participle darting , simple past darted , past participle darted )

1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

References

• Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (G & C. Merriam Co., 1913, edited by Noah Porter), ARTFL version at [1]

Swedish

Noun

dart c .

1. a game where the competitors throw small arrows against a circular target
2. ( rare ) one of the small arrows in the game of darts

Synonyms

• pilkastning (1)
• pil (2)

Other Translations for "dart"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		dart
Hex		e4 e1 72 74
Pig Latin		artday

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