Dart \Dart\, v. i.
   1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
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   2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along;
      as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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	Dart \Dart\ (d[aum]rt), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG.
   tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[eth], daro[eth], Sw. dart
   dagger, Icel. darra[eth]r dart.]
   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.
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            And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and
            thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa.
                                                  xviii. 14.
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   2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or
      wounds like a dart.
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            The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
            Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
                                                  --Hannan More.
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   3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   4. (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
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   Dart sac (Zool.), a sac connected with the reproductive
      organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike
      structure.
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	Dart \Dart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Darting.]
   1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or
      other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
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   2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to
      shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
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            Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? --Pope.
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	dart
    n 1: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
    2: a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
    3: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart]
    v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The
         hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit,
         flutter, fleet, dart]
    2: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
       yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
       shoot]
    3: move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all
       directions as he spoke"

	

	120 Moby Thesaurus words for "dart":
   antelope, arrow, arrowhead, barb, beesting, blue darter,
   blue streak, bobtailed arrow, bolt, bowl, bustle, buzz about,
   cannonball, career, cast, catapult, chested arrow, chuck, chunk,
   cloth yard shaft, courser, dash, eagle, electricity, express train,
   fang, fire, flash, flight, fling, flip, float, flutter, fly, fork,
   fuss, gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, haste, hasten,
   heave, hie, hump, hump it, hurl, hurry, hurry about, hurtle, jerk,
   jet plane, lance, launch, let fly, light, lightning, lob,
   make a fuss, make haste, mercury, pass, peg, pelt, pitch,
   pitchfork, post, precipitate, put, put the shot, quarrel,
   quicksilver, race, reed, rocket, run, rush, rush about,
   rush around, sail, scamper, scared rabbit, scoot, scour, scramble,
   scud, scurry, scuttle, serve, shaft, shoot, shot, shy, skedaddle,
   skim, sling, snakebite, snap, speed, sprint, spurt, step on it,
   sting, stinger, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake,
   swallow, tang, tear, tear around, thought, throw, thunderbolt,
   tilt, torrent, toss, volley, whiz about, wind

	

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	Dart
   an instrument of war; a light spear. "Fiery darts" (Eph. 6:16)
   are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from
   the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible
   material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps.
   7:13; 120:4).