dart

²dart

verb

Definition of DART

transitive verb

1

: to throw with a sudden movement

2

: to thrust or move with sudden speed

3

: to shoot with a dart containing a usually tranquilizing drug

intransitive verb

: to move suddenly or rapidly <darted across the street>

Examples of DART

1. We saw a deer dart across the road.
2. The frog darted its tongue at a fly.

First Known Use of DART

1573

Related to DART

Synonyms: dance, flit, flick, flicker, flirt, flitter, flutter, zip

Related Words: dash, fly, sail, shoot, speed, sprint, zing, zoom; scamper, scud, scurry, scuttle, skip, skitter; meander, ramble, roam, wander

Near Antonyms: float, hang, hover

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