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dart

UK/dɑːt/ US/dɑɹt/ fairly common slang uk
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

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2.

run or move very quickly or hastily

  • “She dashed into the yard”
Synonyms
3.

move with sudden speed

  • “His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke”

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Origin

From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”).

Phrases

  • blue dart
  • Cupid's dart
  • dart about
  • dart golf
  • dart gun
  • dart sac
  • dart snake
  • dart tag
  • dingy dart

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