dart

CEFRB1

/dɑːt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move suddenly and quickly.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small pointed object thrown at a target.

Examples

  • The last dart he threw, bounced off the board.

  • As the sun darted forth his beams, she darted a meaningful glance at me.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [daɹɾ̥]
  • [daɹt̚]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

  2. Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.

More examples

In context

  • Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.

  • Tom threw the dart.

  • 2017, April 18, Craig Little, The Guardian, Hawthorn are not the only ones finding that things can get worse The Tigers will also face Jesse Hogan, still smarting from missing a couple of games but not life inside the AFL bubble, where you can’t even light up...

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Origin

verb

From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).