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   dart

   /dɑːt/

   noun

   • 1. a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired: "the classroom was littered with paper darts" Similar small arrowflechetteboltshaftmissileprojectileliterary:reedhistorical:quarrel
   • ▪ a small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight, used in the game of darts: "Jack's first dart pierced the treble twenty"
   • ▪ a pointed calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation.
   • 2. an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly: "the cat made a dart for the door" Similar dashrushrunboltbreakchargeracesprintboundspringleapjumplungepouncediveswoopgallopscurryscamperstampedescramblestartflightdashrushtearrunboltflyflashshootchargeracesprintboundspringleapjumplungediveswoopgallopscurryscamperstampedescramblebreakstartinformal:scoot
   • ▪ a sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion: "a dart of panic"
   • 3. a tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it: "stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts"
   • 4. a cigarette: informal Australian, Canadian "have a beer, smoke a dart"

   verb

   • 1. move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly: "she darted across the street"
   • ▪ cast (a look or one's eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction: "she darted a glance across the table" Similar directcastthrowshootsendflingtossflashbestowgive
   • 2. shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug: "he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic"
   • ▪ throw (a missile): archaic "he darted his fierce iron"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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