dart

• abuse
• affront
• attack
• barb
• bound
• brickbat
• career
• cast
• catcall
• course
• criticism
• cut
• dance
• dash
• dig
• dis
• disapproval
• disgrace
• dishonor
• diss
• epithet
• flash
• flick
• flicker
• fling
• flirt
• flit
• flitter
• float
• flutter
• fly
• gallop
• gibe
• gird
• hasten
• heave
• hurry
• hurtle
• indignity
• insult
• invective
• jeer
• jibe
• knock
• launch
• meander
• mock
• move quickly
• name
• offence
• offense
• opprobrium
• outrage
• personality
• pitch
• plunge
• poke
• put-down
• quip
• ramble
• roam
• run
• rush
• sail
• sarcasm
• scamper
• scoot
• scud
• scurry
• scuttle
• shame
• shoot
• skim
• skip
• skitter
• slam
• slap
• slight
• slur
• sneer
• speed
• spring
• sprint
• spurt
• start
• swipe
• taunt
• tear
• throw
• thrust
• torment
• torture
• vituperation
• wander
• whiz
• zing
• zip
• zoom

• acclaim
• accolade
• adulation
• applause
• catch
• cease
• commendation
• compliment
• dawdle
• end
• finish
• flattery
• float
• halt
• hang
• hover
• praise
• receive
• slow
• stop
• walk

• noun
  1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin.
  2. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
  3. (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  4. 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. A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
  6. A plan or scheme.
  7. A sudden or fast movement.
  8. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  9. A fish, the dace.
  10. A cigarette.
• verb
  1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
  2. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
  3. To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
  4. To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
  5. To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

• The bird quickly flew away in a dart of motion.
• He caught a glimpse of the mouse as it made a sudden dart across the floor.
• She felt a sharp dart of pain in her foot after stepping on a tack.
• The fish made a swift dart to escape the predator.
• His eyes would dart around the room nervously whenever he felt anxious.

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