dart
7 definitions found
dart - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dart \Dart\, v. i.
1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
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2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along;
as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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Dart \Dart\ (d[aum]rt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG.
tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[eth], daro[eth], Sw. dart
dagger, Icel. darra[eth]r dart.]
1. 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.
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And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and
thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa.
xviii. 14.
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2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or
wounds like a dart.
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The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
--Hannan More.
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3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
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Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive
organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike
structure.
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Dart \Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Darting.]
1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or
other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
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2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to
shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
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Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope.
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dart - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
dart
n 1: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
2: a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
3: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart]
v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The
hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit,
flutter, fleet, dart]
2: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
3: move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all
directions as he spoke"
dart - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :
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dart - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
Dart
an instrument of war; a light spear. "Fiery darts" (Eph. 6:16)
are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from
the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible
material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps.
7:13; 120:4).
dart - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "dart":
antelope, arrow, arrowhead, barb, beesting, blue darter,
blue streak, bobtailed arrow, bolt, bowl, bustle, buzz about,
cannonball, career, cast, catapult, chested arrow, chuck, chunk,
cloth yard shaft, courser, dash, eagle, electricity, express train,
fang, fire, flash, flight, fling, flip, float, flutter, fly, fork,
fuss, gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, haste, hasten,
heave, hie, hump, hump it, hurl, hurry, hurry about, hurtle, jerk,
jet plane, lance, launch, let fly, light, lightning, lob,
make a fuss, make haste, mercury, pass, peg, pelt, pitch,
pitchfork, post, precipitate, put, put the shot, quarrel,
quicksilver, race, reed, rocket, run, rush, rush about,
rush around, sail, scamper, scared rabbit, scoot, scour, scramble,
scud, scurry, scuttle, serve, shaft, shoot, shot, shy, skedaddle,
skim, sling, snakebite, snap, speed, sprint, spurt, step on it,
sting, stinger, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake,
swallow, tang, tear, tear around, thought, throw, thunderbolt,
tilt, torrent, toss, volley, whiz about, wind
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