Dart

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
  • noun. A game in which such missiles are thrown at a target.
  • noun. An object likened to such a missile.
  • noun. The stinger of an insect.
  • noun. A sudden, rapid movement.
  • noun. A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.
  • intransitive verb. To move suddenly and rapidly.
  • intransitive verb. To be directed suddenly and rapidly.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to dart.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To throw or cast (a dart or missile).
  • intransitive verb. To cast (a look or the eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a direction.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw with a sudden thrust, as a pointed instrument.
  • To throw or thrust suddenly or rapidly; emit; shoot: as, the sun darts forth his beams.
  • To pierce; spear; transfix.
  • To have the piercing movement or effect of a dart; move swiftly, like a dart.
  • To spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: as, the deer darted from the thicket.
  • noun. A pointed missile weapon thrown or thrust-by the hand; a small and light spear or javelin, sometimes hurled by the aid of a strap or thong.
  • noun. A kind of eel-spear.
  • noun. A spear set up as a prize for victory in running or other athletic contests.
  • noun. Anything like a dart in shape, use, or effect.
  • noun. In conch., a love-dart, or spiculum amoris
  • noun. One of various moths, so called by British collectors
  • noun. A seam uniting two edges of stuff from between which a gore has been cut away: designed to shape a garment to the figure.
  • noun. Figuratively, a piercing look or utterance.
  • noun. A sudden swift movement.
  • noun. Same as dace, 1.
  • noun. Plan; scheme.
  • noun. Idea; ‘style’; fancy: as, “strawberries and cream, eh!—that's my dart.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • transitive verb. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot.
  • intransitive verb. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
  • intransitive verb. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
  • noun. A spear set as a prize in running.
  • noun. A fish; the dace. See Dace.
  • noun. a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
  • noun. Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  • noun. A plan or scheme.
  • noun. A sudden or fast movement.
  • noun. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  • noun. A fish; the dace.
  • noun. A game of throwing darts at a target.
  • verb. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • verb. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
  • verb. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
  • Word Usage
    "Getting hit with a nerf dart is like getting hit with a paper airplane."
    cross-reference
    Form
    dart sac  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurl  hurtle  lunge  motility  motion  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Art  Bart  Carte  Descartes  Hart  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arrow  blast  bolt  bow  bullet  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    darted  darting  darts