dart¹ /därt/

1. A pointed weapon or toy for throwing with the hand
2. Anything that pierces
3. A tapering fold sewn on the reverse of material in order to shape it
4. (in pl, treated as sing) a game in which darts are thrown at a board
5. A sudden forward movement
6. A plan, scheme (Aust informal)
7. In some snails, a calcareous needle supposed to be used as a sexual stimulus
8. A cutworm moth with a dart-like mark on the forewing (in full dartˈ-moth)

1. To hurl suddenly
2. To send or shoot out

To move, start or shoot out rapidly (frequentative darˈtle)

darˈter noun

1. A person who or thing which darts
2. A freshwater diving bird (genus Anhinga) related to cormorants
3. A medium-sized dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum
4. An archerfish
5. Applied also to various small American fishes of the perch family

dartˈing adjective

dartˈingly adverb

dartˈboard noun

The target used in the game of darts

dartˈ-sac noun

The gland that secretes the dart in snails

Old Dart see under old

dace /dās/, dare /dār/ or dart /därt/

A small river fish (Leuciscus leuciscus) of the carp family and chub genus

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