dart Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
  2. noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
  3. noun a sudden quick movement
    flit.
  4. verb move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
    flit; flutter; fleet.
    • The hummingbird flitted among the branches
  5. verb run or move very quickly or hastily
    shoot; flash; dash; scud; scoot.
    • She dashed into the yard
  6. verb move with sudden speed
    • His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke

WordNet

Dart noun
Etymology
OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darrar dart.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 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. Hannan More.
  3. A spear set as a prize in running. Obs. Chaucer.
  4. (Zoöl.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
Dart transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Darted; present participle & verbal noun Darting
Definitions
  1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
    Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? Pope.
Dart intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
  2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Webster 1913