| dart | |
| 1. n. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin | |
| 2. n. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. | |
| 3. n. Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon (can be figurative). | |
| 4. n. 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. n. (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme. | |
| 6. n. A sudden or fast movement. | |
| 7. n. (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment. | |
| 8. n. the dace (fish). | |
| 9. n. (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette. | |
| 10. v. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch. | |
| 11. v. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot | |
| The sun darts forth his beams. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly | |
| The flying man darted eastward. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along | |
| The deer darted from the thicket. | |
