DART | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of dart in English dartnoun uk /dɑːt/ us /dɑːrt/

dart noun (POINTED OBJECT)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a small, thin object with a sharp point that is thrown by hand in a game, shot from a gun, or blown from a tube when used as a weapon Compare arrow   chengyuzheng/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages darts [ U ] a game in which darts are thrown at a circular board. The number of points won depends on where the darts land on the board: game of darts Once a week, we go to the pub and have a game of darts. See more Hand weapons

• basket hilt
• battleaxe
• bayonet
• blowgun
• blowpipe
• double-edged sword
• falchion
• flick knife
• haft
• halberd
• one-shot
• pepper spray
• recurve
• rocket-propelled grenade
• RPG
• switchblade
• sword
• tomahawk
• trident
• two-edged

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dart noun (SEWN FOLD)

[ C ] a small fold, becoming narrower towards one end, that is sewn into a piece of clothing to make it fit better   AnnaRassadnikova/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images /GettyImages Parts of clothes

• armhole
• bodice
• cap sleeve
• clerical collar
• cowl neck
• knee
• neckband
• neckline
• notch lapel
• patch pocket
• peak lapel
• seam
• shirtsleeve
• shoulder strap
• slash
• spaghetti strap
• sweetheart neckline
• tuck
• turn up (somewhere) phrasal verb
• waist

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dart noun (QUICK MOVEMENT)

[ C usually singular ] a quick, sudden movement: make a dart for We made a dart for (= moved quickly towards) the exit. Moving quickly

• agility
• beetle
• belt
• bob up
• bowl
• bowl down/along something phrasal verb
• cannonball
• flit
• leg
• make a dash for something
• make good time idiom
• make haste idiom
• make off phrasal verb
• outrun
• outrush
• rush
• scorch
• scuttle
• shoot
• whizz

See more results » dartverb [ I + adv/prep ] uk /dɑːt/ us /dɑːrt/ to move quickly or suddenly: I darted behind the sofa and hid.  dart a glance/look at someone/something (also dart a glance/look somewhere) to look quickly at someone or something, or to look quickly somewhere: She darted an angry look at me. See more Moving quickly

• agility
• beetle
• belt
• bob up
• bowl
• bowl down/along something phrasal verb
• cannonball
• flit
• leg
• make a dash for something
• make good time idiom
• make haste idiom
• make off phrasal verb
• outrun
• outrush
• rush
• scorch
• scuttle
• shoot
• whizz

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dart | American Dictionary

dartverb [ I always + adv/prep ] us /dɑrt/

dart verb [I always + adv/prep] (MOVE QUICKLY)

Add to word list Add to word list to move quickly or suddenly: She darted out from between two parked cars. dartnoun [ C ]

dart noun [C] (POINTED OBJECT)

us /dɑrt/ a small object with a thin pointed end that is thrown or shot: a tranquilizer dart

dart noun [C] (FOLD)

us/dɑrt/ a fold sewn into a piece of clothing to make it fit better (Definition of dart from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of dart?

Translations of dart

in Chinese (Traditional) 武器, 鏢，飛鏢, 縫出的皺褶… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 武器, 镖，飞镖, 缝出的皱褶… See more in Spanish dardo, pinza, correr como un rayo… See more in Portuguese dardo, precipitar-se, dardo [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Arabic in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian ～が突進する, 投げ矢, 投（な）げ槍（やり）… See more bir silah olarak ya da dart oyununda kullanılan küçük oklar, kargı, fırlama… See more fléchette [feminine], se précipiter, s’élancer… See more córrer com un llamp, dard… See more pijltje, sprong, schieten… See more pil, pilen (afsted), pile… See more pil, plötslig och snabb rörelse, språng… See more damak, gerakan cepat, melesat… See more der Pfeil, der Satz, losstürzen… See more pil [masculine], pile, (kaste)pil… See more стріла, дротик, кидок… See more дротик… See more يَنْدَفِع, يَنْطَلِق, سَهم… See more šipka, šíp, prudký pohyb… See more sumpitan, gerakan cepat, melesat… See more ลูกดอก, การเคลื่อนไหวอย่างรวดเร็ว, เคลื่อนไหวอย่างรวดเร็ว… See more phi tiêu, sự lao tới, lao… See more strzałka, skok, rzut… See more 쏜살같이 움직이다, 다트… See more balzare, sfrecciare, dardo… See more Need a translator?

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• English   
  • Noun 
    • dart (POINTED OBJECT)
    • darts
    • dart (SEWN FOLD)
    • dart (QUICK MOVEMENT)
  • Verb 
    • dart
    • dart a glance/look at someone/something
• American   
  • Verb 
    • dart (MOVE QUICKLY)
  • Noun 
    • dart (POINTED OBJECT)
    • dart (FOLD)

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