dartboard

noun

dart·​board ˈdärt-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce dartboard (audio)
: a usually circular board (as of compressed bristles) used as a target in the game of darts

Examples of dartboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The crowd on a Saturday night is a mixture of friends, a smattering of solo drinkers and a young couple on a date, mulling whether to head to the jukebox or dartboard. Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024 Five competition pool tables and a dartboard were all being used during our most recent visit. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024 The Round Table gatherings are a giant dartboard of random accusations, as players sling Traitor allegations like so much mud. Raven Smith, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024 His face was printed in the newspaper as a dartboard. 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dartboard was in 1853

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“Dartboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dartboard. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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