dart

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
2. 2
   Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. 3
   Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
4. 4
   A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
5. 5
   A cigarette.
6. 6
   A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
7. 7
   A plan or scheme.
8. 8
   A sudden or fast movement.
9. 9
   A fold that is stitched on a garment.
10. 10
    A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
11. 11
    Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
12. 12
    Acronym of disaster assistance response team.
13. 13
    Disaster animal response team.
14. 14
    Disaster area response team.
15. 15
    Abbreviation of disaster assistance and rescue team.
16. 16
    Disaster response team.
17. 17
    An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.

Verb

1. 1
   To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
2. 2
   To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
3. 3
   To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
4. 4
   To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
5. 5
   To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Acronym of Dublin Area Rapid Transit.
2. 2
   Acronym of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
3. 3
   A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.
4. 4
   An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States, said to be named for a bird flying like a dart.
5. 5
   A surname from Middle English.
6. 6
   Acronym of Diversity arrays technology (“a genetic marker technique”).