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Definition of dart
1a archaic : a light spearb (1) : a small missile usually with a pointed shaft at one end and feathers at the other (2) darts plural in form but singular in construction : a game in which darts are thrown at a target
2a : something projected with sudden speed; especially : a sharp glanceb : something causing sudden pain or distress darts of sarcasm
3 : something with a slender pointed shaft or outline; specifically : a stitched tapering fold in a garment
4 : a quick movement made a dart for the door
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Examples of dart in a Sentence
He was hit with a poisoned dart.
Her favorite game is darts.
a quick dart to the left
Recent Examples of dart from the Web
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Last month, two senior executives came an eyelash away from fighting, not with foam darts, but with fists.
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That was before my time, but the dart-and-string wrist-shooter was awfully inventive.
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Games, including tabletop shuffleboard and darts, will also be part of the Brewpourium.
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The ranges between the highest price estimates and the lowest are absurd and investors might do just as well throwing a dart.
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Each stop includes games, including but not limited to darts, horseshoes and a bean bag toss.
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But the Padres haven’t just thrown darts at the draft board.
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In the fourth, Lang made a helter-skelter run into left field to snag a sinking blooper, slam on the brakes and fire a dart to Hunter for another double up.
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If someone’s really, really bad at darts – which Topgolf also gets compared to –
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Origin and Etymology of dart
Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tart dart, Old English daroth
dart
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 in a Sentence
We saw a deer dart across the road.
The frog darted its tongue at a fly.
Recent Examples of dart from the Web
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In 26 innings this season, Alexander had logged a 1.38 ERA, controlling hitters with a darting sinker that reaches the strike zone then disappears.
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Several more were darting about as part of this feeding frenzy.
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Antonella Russo, Emma Garrido and Camryn Netzer were consistent threats who darted about the large stadium football field with skill and zeal.
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Mom moved through it with grace, elegant as a cat slow-stepping over tangled vines, the subject of men’s darting eyes.
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A notorious low-ball hitting team, the Indians struggled to track the riding fastball at 93 mph as opposed to the darting two-seam sinker Kintzler typically features.
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During a recent visit, groups of fish gathered in rocky pools and darted under limestone outcroppings installed to mimic natural conditions that existed before development altered the ravines.
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The Borneo wetlands teem with darting birds, slithering snakes and dangling orangutans.
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And among them, Yasmeen and Kholoud and their families, the children darting between their legs and angling for a buffet that fills the evening with scents unknown to many of those here.
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First Known Use of dart
1573
DART Defined for English Language Learners
dart
playDefinition of dart for English Language Learners
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: a small object that has a sharp point at one end and that is thrown in the game of darts or used as a weapon
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darts : a game in which darts are thrown at a board that is marked with circles
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: a quick movement
dart
Definition of dart for English Language Learners
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: to run or move quickly or suddenly in a particular direction or to a particular place
DART Defined for Kids
Definition of dart for Students
1 : a small pointed object that is meant to be thrown
2 darts plural : a game in which darts are thrown at a target
3 : a quick sudden movement
4 : a fold sewed into a piece of clothing
Definition of dart for Students
darted
;darting
: to move or shoot out suddenly and quickly A toad darted out its tongue.
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