Dart

See also DART

English

Etymology

File:Dart.svg

Parts: 1.Tip 2.Barrel 3.O-ring 4.Shaft 5.Collar 6.Flight 7.Protector.

Old French dart, of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Dart]] origin; compare Old High German tart (“‘javelin, dart’”), Old English dara, daro, Swedish dart dagger, Icelandic darrar (“‘dart’”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɑːt/, SAMPA: /dA:t/
• (US) IPA: /dɑɚt/, SAMPA: /dA@`t/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

Noun

Singular Dart

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Dart ({{{1}}})

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
   • And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. - 2nd Samuel 18:14
2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
   • The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. - Hannah More
3. A sudden or fast movement.
4. Template:Sewing A fold that is stitched on a garment.
5. (zoology) A fish; the dace.
6. (in plural) A game of throwing darts at a target.

Translations

sharp-pointed missile weapon

Bulgarian: стреличка bg(bg) f. Esperanto: sageto eo(eo) Finnish: tikka fi(fi), keihäs fi(fi), nuoli fi(fi) French: dard fr(fr) m., trait fr(fr) m., flèche fr(fr) f. Lithuanian: smigis m.

Macedonian: стреличка mk(mk) (strélička) f. Norwegian: dart no(no) m., spyd no(no) n. Portuguese: dardo pt(pt) m. Russian: дротик ru(ru) m. Spanish: dardo es(es) m.

figuratively: something that wounds like a dart

Finnish: tikari fi(fi)

sudden or fast movement

Finnish: singahdus fi(fi)

stitched fold

Finnish: laskos fi(fi)

French: pli piqué m. sg.

zoology: fish — see dace

game

Bulgarian: дартс bg(bg) pl. Finnish: tikkapeli fi(fi), tikka fi(fi) French: fléchettes f. pl.

Macedonian: пикадо mk(mk) (pikádo) n. Polish: rzutki pl(pl) f. pl. Serbian: strelica sr(sr), žalo sr(sr)

Derived terms

• dart sac (Zoölogy): a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

Verb

Infinitive to Dart

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Dart (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
2. (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

   Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? - Alexander Pope

3. (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
4. (intransitive) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Translations

to throw with a sudden effort

Bulgarian: мятам bg(bg), хвърлям bg(bg) Finnish: singota fi(fi)

Norwegian: kaste no(no), kyle no(no)

to throw suddenly or rapidly

Bulgarian: мятам bg(bg), хвърлям bg(bg) Finnish: singota fi(fi)

Norwegian: kaste no(no), kyle no(no)

to fly or pass swiftly

Bulgarian: спускам се bg(bg) Finnish: sinkoutua fi(fi)

Norwegian: skyte ut no(no)

to start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along

Bulgarian: хуквам bg(bg) Finnish: sännätä fi(fi), rynnätä fi(fi); singahtaa fi(fi)

Norwegian: bykse no(no), lange ut no(no), komme i fullt firsprang no(no)

References

• Template:R:1913

Anagrams

• adrt,
• drat
• DTRA
• tard
• trad

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Middle English

Noun

Dart

1. A spear set as a prize in running. - Geoffrey Chaucer

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Old French

Etymology

Of Template:Gem[[Category:fro:Template:Gem derivations|Dart]] origin.

Noun

Dart m. (oblique plural darz, nominative singular darz, nominative plural dart)

1. weapon similar to a javelin

Descendants

• English: dart
• French: dard

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Swedish

Noun

Dart c.

1. darts (the game where the competitors throw small arrows against a circular target)
2. (rare) dart (one of the small arrows in the game of darts)

Synonyms

• pilkastning (1)
• pil (2)

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