1a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired:the classroom was littered with paper dartsshe shot the animal with a tranquillizing dart
a small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight, used in the game of darts:Jack’s first dart pierced the treble twenty
Zoology a dart-like calcareous organ of a snail forming part of the reproductive system, exchanged during copulation.
2an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly:the cat made a dart for the door
a sudden, intense pang of a particular emotion:a dart of panic
3a tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it:stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts
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Universal
1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:she darted across the street
[with object and adverbial of direction] cast (a look or one’s eyes) suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction:she darted a glance across the table
2 [with object] shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug:he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic
archaic throw (a missile):he darted his fierce iron
