dart.
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
Meaning & usage
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead.
A cigarette.
A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
A plan or scheme.
A sudden or fast movement.
Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.
A fold that is stitched on a garment.
A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
As the sun darted forth his beams, she darted a meaningful glance at me.
To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help
To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
The flying man darted eastward.
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
The deer darted from the thicket.
The fish darted under a stone.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English darten, from the noun (see above).
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