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Dart

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Noun

1. dart

a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot

2. dart

a tapered tuck made in dressmaking

3. dart, flit

a sudden quick movement

Verb

4. dart, fleet, flit, flutter

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Example Sentences:
'The hummingbird flitted among the branches'

5. dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot

run or move very quickly or hastily

Example Sentences:
'She dashed into the yard'

6. dart

move with sudden speed

Example Sentences:
'His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dart

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noun
1. 
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot, as in the game of darts
2. 
a sudden quick movement
3. zoology
a slender pointed structure, as in snails for aiding copulation or in nematodes for penetrating the host's tissues
4. 
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
verb
5. 
to move or throw swiftly and suddenly; shoot
she darted across the room
noun
any of various tropical and semitropical marine fish

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Dart

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noun
1. 
a small, pointed missile, usually with the rear end feathered, used as for throwing at a target in games or for shooting from a blowgun
2. 
anything resembling this
3. 
a sudden, quick movement
4. 
a short, stitched fold that tapers to a point, used to shape a garment
5.  [pl., with sing. v.]
a game in which darts (see dart (sense 1)) are thrown at a target (ˈdartˌboard)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
6. 
to throw, shoot, or send out suddenly and fast
7. 
to move suddenly and fast

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Dart

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n.
1.
a. A pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
b. darts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games A game in which such missiles are thrown at a target.
c. An object likened to such a missile.
2. The stinger of an insect.
3. A sudden, rapid movement: He made a dart for the door.
4. A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.
v. dart·ed, dart·ing, darts
v. intr.
1. To move suddenly and rapidly: The dog darted across the street.
2. To be directed suddenly and rapidly: His eyes darted around the room.
v. tr.
1. To cause to dart: The squirrel darted its head from side to side.
2.
a. Archaic To throw or cast (a dart or missile).
b. To cast (a look or the eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a direction.
3. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.

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