dart
darted; darting; darts
A dart is a tiny missile with a pointy end that can be a weapon or part of a game, like those pointy things that people throw at dartboards. If a person darts, it just means she’s moving quickly.
A dart can be thrown or fired by blowing through a contraption, like when people who study big animals shoot a tranquilizer dart at a lion so they can put it to sleep without getting close. Darts can be weapons or part of a game often found in bars. Just as a dart moves quickly, a person can dart if they move quickly. Bees tend to dart around in the air. In football, a quick running back darts to avoid defenders
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a sudden quick movement
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a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
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types:
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banderilla
a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
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missile, projectile
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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banderilla
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move with sudden speed
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move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
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run or move very quickly or hastily
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buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear
move quickly and violently
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plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
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belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
move fast
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buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear
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a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
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type of:
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tuck
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
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tuck
Vocabulary lists containing dart
This list covers "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "Seal," "Whale Breathing," "Spring is like a perhaps hand," "Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple," Haiku, and Limericks.
Milkweed tells the story of an orphan struggling to survive in Warsaw during World War II. Learn these words from the novel by Jerry Spinelli.
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