A dart is a small, pointed object that flies through the air when thrown. It's usually made of metal and has a sharp tip.
You might throw a dart at a dartboard in a game or competition. But darts are also used for other things - like in medicine to give injections or for hunting to injure animals quickly.
Definitions
noun
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
(sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
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.
A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
A plan or scheme.
A sudden or fast movement.
A fold that is stitched on a garment.
A fish, the dace.
A cigarette.
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verb
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
Example: The sun darts forth his beams.
To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart
Example: They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help
To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
Example: The flying man darted eastward.
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
Example: The deer darted from the thicket.
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noun
(games) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
