dart

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
2. n. An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
3. n. The stinger of an insect.
4. n. Games A game in which small, slender, pointed missiles are thrown at a target.
5. n. A sudden, rapid movement.
6. n. A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.
7. v. To move suddenly and rapidly: The dog darted across the street.
8. v. To thrust or throw suddenly and rapidly.
9. v. To cause to move swiftly and abruptly: The squirrel darted its head from side to side before scampering up the tree.
10. v. To shoot (an animal) with a tranquilizing dart.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A pointed missile weapon thrown or thrust-by the hand; a small and light spear or javelin, sometimes hurled by the aid of a strap or thong.
2. n. A kind of eel-spear.
3. n. A spear set up as a prize for victory in running or other athletic contests.
4. n. Anything like a dart in shape, use, or effect. Specifically— The missile or arrow of a blow-gun when made with a point.
5. n. In conch., a love-dart, or spiculum amoris
6. n. One of various moths, so called by British collectors
7. n. A seam uniting two edges of stuff from between which a gore has been cut away: designed to shape a garment to the figure.
8. n. Figuratively, a piercing look or utterance.
9. n. A sudden swift movement.
10. To throw with a sudden thrust, as a pointed instrument.
11. To throw or thrust suddenly or rapidly; emit; shoot: as, the sun darts forth his beams.
12. To pierce; spear; transfix.
13. To have the piercing movement or effect of a dart; move swiftly, like a dart.
14. To spring or start suddenly and run swiftly: as, the deer darted from the thicket.
15. n. Same as dace, 1.
16. n. Plan; scheme.
17. n. Idea; ‘style’; fancy: as, “strawberries and cream, eh!—that's my dart.”

Wiktionary

1. n. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
2. n. Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
3. n. Australia, obsolete A plan or scheme.
4. n. A sudden or fast movement.
5. n. sewing A fold that is stitched on a garment.
6. n. zoology A fish; the dace.
7. n. in the plural A game of throwing darts at a target.
8. v. transitive To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
9. v. transitive To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
10. v. intransitive To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
11. v. intransitive To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.
2. n. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
3. n. obsolete A spear set as a prize in running.
4. n. (Zoöl.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
5. v. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
6. v. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot.
7. v. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
8. v. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. run or move very quickly or hastily
2. n. a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
3. n. a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
4. v. move with sudden speed
5. n. a sudden quick movement
6. v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart