1 [C] a small pointed object, sometimes with feathers to help it fly, that is shot as a weapon or thrown in the game of darts:
a poisoned dart
2 (darts) [U] a game in which darts are thrown at a round board marked with numbers for scoring. Darts is often played in British pubs:
a darts match
3 [sing.] a sudden quick movement:
She made a dart for the door.
4 [sing.] (written) a sudden feeling of a strong emotion:
Nina felt a sudden dart of panic.
5 [C] a pointed fold that is sewn in a piece of clothing to make it fit better
Part of speech: verb
1 [V+adv./prep.] to move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction:
A dog darted across the road in front of me. * Her eyes darted around the room, looking for Greg.
2 ~ a glance / look (at sb) to look at sb suddenly and quickly: [VN, VNN] He darted an impatient look at Vicky. * He darted Vicky an impatient look.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dart is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is dart a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dart is tagged as noun.
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