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The correct spelling is dart.
How to pronounce dart
/dɑːt/
nounIPA: /dɑːt/
Say it like: Dar-t
The correct spelling is dart. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin For example: "The sun darts forth his beams."
Usage Examples
“The sun darts forth his beams.”
“They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help”
“The flying man darted eastward.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
- 2.Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- 3.(sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- 4.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.
- 5.A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
verb
- 1.To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- 2.To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
- 3.To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart
- 4.To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
- 5.To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
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