Dictionary Entry
dart
dart is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
- 2noun
Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
- 3noun
A spear set as a prize in running.
- 4noun
A fish; the dace. See Dace.
- 5transitive verb
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
- 6transitive verb
To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
- 7intransitive verb
To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
- 8intransitive verb
To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
- 9noun
a sudden quick movement
Synonyms
- 10noun
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- 11noun
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- 12verb
move with sudden speed
"His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"
- 13verb
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
- 14verb
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
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