Definition of "dart"
- noun
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
A plan or scheme.
A sudden or fast movement.
A fold that is stitched on a garment.
A fish; the dace.
A game of throwing darts at a target.
- verb
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
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