dart
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- 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.
- A cigarette.
- A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
- A plan or scheme.
- A sudden or fast movement.
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- Acronym of disaster assistance response team.
- Disaster animal response team.
- Disaster area response team.
- Abbreviation of disaster assistance and rescue team.
- Disaster response team.
- An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.
Verb
- To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
Proper noun
- Acronym of Dublin Area Rapid Transit.
- Acronym of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
- A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States, said to be named for a bird flying like a dart.
- A surname from Middle English.
- Acronym of Diversity arrays technology (“a genetic marker technique”).
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