dartboard
noun
dart·board
ˈdärt-ˌbȯrd 
: a usually circular board (as of compressed bristles) used as a target in the game of darts
Examples of dartboard in a Sentence
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His face was printed in the newspaper as a dartboard.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
David was consequently eviscerated in the press, with one paper printing a full-page dartboard with his face at the bull’s eye.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2023
Around nine, an actor named Carter Jenkins walked in and asked Decker for a hard cider, plus darts for the dartboard.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
Try throwing a dart at a moving target instead of a regular dartboard!
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The Golden Tee video game, dartboards, pool table and jukebox, too.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
Dartboard Template Scale the dartboard up or down as necessary, and use template to cut 10 triangles from white contact paper and 10 triangles from black contact paper.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 23 June 2020
The script, by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, has no shortage of broad targets on its dartboard; when have the follies of the rich and feckless not been easy fodder for black comedy?
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022
Milwaukee's newest sports bar, District Fore, opened in the Third Ward this week with golf simulators, digitally scored dartboards, multiple 85-inch televisions and two other large screens that can divide into four smaller screens.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
David was consequently eviscerated in the press, with one paper printing a full-page dartboard with his face at the bull’s eye.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2023
Around nine, an actor named Carter Jenkins walked in and asked Decker for a hard cider, plus darts for the dartboard.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
Try throwing a dart at a moving target instead of a regular dartboard!
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The Golden Tee video game, dartboards, pool table and jukebox, too.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
Dartboard Template Scale the dartboard up or down as necessary, and use template to cut 10 triangles from white contact paper and 10 triangles from black contact paper.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 23 June 2020
The script, by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, has no shortage of broad targets on its dartboard; when have the follies of the rich and feckless not been easy fodder for black comedy?
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022
Milwaukee's newest sports bar, District Fore, opened in the Third Ward this week with golf simulators, digitally scored dartboards, multiple 85-inch televisions and two other large screens that can divide into four smaller screens.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above
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“Dartboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dartboard. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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