DART

Dart

Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by fletching and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible, and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right length to use with a normal bow.

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dart

Noun

  1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
  2. Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  3. A plan or scheme.
  4. A sudden or fast movement.
  5. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  6. A fish; the dace.
  7. A game of throwing darts at a target.

Verb

  1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  2. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
    The sun darts forth his beams.
    Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? -
  3. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
    The flying man darted eastward.
  4. To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
    The deer darted from the thicket.


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