Dart
[dɑːt] or [dɑrt]
Definition
(noun.) a tapered tuck made in dressmaking.
(noun.) a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
(verb.) move with sudden speed; 'His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke'.
(verb.) run or move very quickly or hastily; 'She dashed into the yard'.
Edited by Karl--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
(n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
(n.) A spear set as a prize in running.
(n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
(v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
(v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
(v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
(v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
Checker: Roberta
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Hurl, throw, launch, jaculate, let fly.[2]. Emit, shoot, send off.
v. n. Rush, fly swiftly.
Checker: Valerie
Definition
n. a pointed weapon for throwing with the hand: anything that pierces.—v.t. to hurl suddenly: to send or shoot forth.—v.i. to start or shoot forth rapidly—freq. Dar′tle.—adv. Dart′ingly.
See Dace.
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Examples
- Her whole nature seemed sharpened and intensified into a pure dart of hate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I saw them dart across to the other side of the road, to follow me by running, until a cab or a cab-stand came in their way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We should get the big fish, but the smaller would dart right and left out of the net. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And then, like a dart, it had shot out of the room, through the open window-doors, and into the garden. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Left alone, I was passive; repulsed, I withdrew; forgotten--my lips would not utternor my eyes dart a reminder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Caliphronas made a dart at Crispin with uplifted hand, but Maurice sprang up and caught him in his arms, where he writhed like an eel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Do you notice how it darts different coloured fires--it flashes really superbly--' They remained in silence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Mr Lammle--' She darts a look at him which he cannot comprehend, and shows him another portrait. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The arch?ologists, as the Record continues, are presently able to distinguish scrapers, borers, knives, darts, throwing stones, and the like. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Darts of bright light shot asunder, darkness swept over the centre. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Driver darts up, Brewer leaps in, they cheer him as he departs, and Mr Podsnap says, 'Mark my words, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They try to fasten on the bull their _banderillas_--barbed darts ornamented with colored paper, and often having squibs or crackers attached. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He will hurl no darts at me, and your pale sun in England is but a shadow of the glorious Helios of our Greek skies. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was bending forward when I saw it first; and when I spoke, it darted away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long blue envelope. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Flinging the old man from him, he rushed from the room, and darted, wildly and furiously, up the stairs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Rosine darted from her cabinet and ran to open. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The moment that retreat had changed into a flight (as it was sure from its very character to do), he darted up the steps to Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But now Celia was really startled at the suspicion which had darted into her mind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Flo, darting to my window--How sweet! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To me, sir,' said Mr. Creakle, darting his head at him suddenly, and drawing it back again, 'the principal of this establishment, and your employer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The lightning, darting and flashing through the blackness, showed wildly waving branches, whipping streamers and bending trunks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Holmes had lit a cigarette and was shooting little darting glances all over the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I saw Holmes's eye darting to right and left among the litter of iron and wood which was scattered about the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We see Jack Thriftless prancing in the park, or darting in his brougham down Pall Mall: we eat his dinners served on his miraculous plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were a number of letters, bills, and notebooks, which Holmes turned over and examined with quick, nervous fingers and darting, penetrating eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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