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Word: Dart
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’
dɑːt
a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired
Short Definition:pointed missile
Examples:- the classroom was littered with paper darts
- she shot the animal with a tranquillizing dart
an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly
Short Definition:fast sudden movement
Examples:- the cat made a dart for the door
a tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it
Short Definition:tuck stitched in garment
Examples:- stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts
a cigarette
Short Definition:cigarette
Examples:- have a beer, smoke a dart
Word: Dart
Speech Type: Verb
dɑːt
move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly
Short Definition:run suddenly
Examples:- she darted across the street
shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug
Short Definition:shoot animal with dart
Examples:- he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic
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