dart

noun

\ ˈdärt

Definition of dart

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a archaic : a light spear

b(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 glance

b : 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

dart

verb

darted; darting; darts

Definition of dart (Entry 2 of 2)

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

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Examples of dart in a Sentence

Noun

He was hit with a poisoned dart. Her favorite game is darts. a quick dart to the left

Verb

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Figuring out how to manage polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can feel like a maddening game of throwing darts while blindfolded. — Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF, "Can Diet and Exercise Actually Improve PCOS Symptoms?," 23 Apr. 2019 Super sharp lawn darts, combustible old mini cars, balls, swim floats. — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, "From Nightmare Temp Jobs to Ticket Scalper Horror Stories—The Side Hustles We Don't Recommend," 9 Apr. 2019 Some shoot the animals with poison darts and leave them to die slowly, and, animal-welfare activists say, painfully. — Sabra Ayres, latimes.com, "To prepare for soccer's World Cup, Russia is killing stray dogs. Animal-rights activists are fighting back," 6 June 2018 The animal was pronounced dead soon after being shot with several tranquilizer darts and captured. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "This Bull Still Died After Escaping a Slaughterhouse In New York City," 22 Feb. 2017 There are also new additions to the giant-dart-firing Mega line and the cartoonish Zombie Strike collection. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Nothing Flings Foam Like a Full-On Nerf Gatling Blaster," 4 Feb. 2019 Even expert dart throwers don’t hit the bull’s-eye every time. — Christopher Weaver, WSJ, "The $9 Billion Upcharge: How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare," 4 Jan. 2019 So hold tight baby darts—season 3 is officially happening. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "'Stranger Things' Season 3: Everything We Know So Far," 10 Dec. 2018 In a daring and nakedly foolish attempt to generate power, Sripol used a taser to ignite the hydrogen and blast a foam dart. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "Nerf Gun Powered by Hydrogen Is So Powerful It Rips Darts Apart," 6 Dec. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Her cornflower blue gown looked demure and clean at the front, with a strong angular and darted shoulder. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "Charlize Theron Just Debuted New Brown Hair at the Oscars," 25 Feb. 2019 The pilot of a British Airways flight cruising over Ireland last Friday noticed something peculiar darting fast through the sky, and quickly called air traffic control to report the sight. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "Pilots See Possible UFO Speeding Through Irish Airspace," 13 Nov. 2018 That explains why fastball usage in baseball continues to decrease to record lows every season in favor of breaking pitches that dart out of the strike zone. — Jared Diamond, WSJ, "Why Major League Pitchers Are Avoiding the Strike Zone," 30 July 2018 After the bay swim, the cyclists darted toward Cabrillo National Monument, transitioned at Spanish Landing, then hoofed it to the Seaport Village finish. — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Third time’s a charm for Romanenko at S.D. International Triathlon," 24 June 2018 Stray dogs, who occasionally darted across the road, patrolled the shoulders (where there were shoulders). — Paul Brady, Condé Nast Traveler, "Want Serious Bragging Rights? Do a Road Trip Across Borneo," 16 Nov. 2018 The footage shows Saulters swerve towards Patmon, who then darts across the street behind the officer’s cruiser. — Tim Stelloh /, NBC News, "Georgia officer fired after body camera shows him ram fleeing suspect," 3 June 2018 Also inside are medicine to kill parasites -- doctors found worms in the stomach of a soldier who darted across the DMZ last year to defect -- and a USB stick full of videos with information from the outside world. — Ivan Watson, Jungeun Kim, Stella Ko And Jo Shelley, CNN, "Messages in bottles sent across the sea to North Korea," 17 May 2018 The two step out of their little wifi portal onto a platform overlooking a vast city, darting with traffic. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "Ralph Breaks the Internet is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but for the internet," 21 Nov. 2018

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