dart en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- därt (General-American)
- /dɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- [daɹɾ̥] Ottawa Valley
- (Australia) audio
- [daɹt̚] Ottawa Valley
- /dɑɹt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart 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”). Compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).
Meanings
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A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
1769, Oxford Standard Text, “King James Bible”, in 2 Samuel, xviii, 14:
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
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(figuratively, sometimes) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
The artful inquiry, whose venom′d dart / Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
1830, Hannah More, Sensibility: The Works of Hannah More, volume 1, page 38:
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead.
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(Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
2017, April 18, Craig Little, The Guardian, Hawthorn are not the only ones finding that things can get worse The Tigers will also face Jesse Hogan, still smarting from missing a couple of games but not life inside the AFL bubble, where you can’t even light up a dart at a music festival without someone filming it and sending it to the six o’clock news.
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A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
Fighter aircraft also use restricted areas for target shooting at darts towed 1500 feet behind another aircraft.
1988, Michigan Aviation, volumes 21-25, page 62:
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(Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
Trucking′s my dart too.
1947, Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, published 1970, page 79:
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A sudden or fast movement.
Six minutes later Cueto went over for his second try after the recalled Mike Tindall found him with a perfectly-timed pass, before Ashton went on another dart, this time down his opposite wing, only for his speculative pass inside to be ruled forward.
2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.
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A fold that is stitched on a garment.
Somehow she managed, with a cinched waist here and a few darts there, to look like a Hollywood star.
2013, “Nadia Popova”, in The Economist:
- A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| darts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dartlike · lawn dart · love dart · sand dart · heart and dart · lung dart · darts · palm-dart · fairy dart · dartball · dartwhite · dartitis · dart golf · blue dart · dart sac · dartfish · yard dart · sun-darts · dingy dart · poison dart frog · blowdart · rope dart · javelin dart · dart snake · egg and dart · dartist · dart gun · poison dart plant · dart tag · dartboard · grass-dart · dartsman · Cupid's dart
Translations (78)
hy սլանալ (sudden or fast movement) · fi tikkapeli (game) · pl rzutki (game) · tr kargı (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · sh ušitak (stitched fold) · it freccette (game) · pt dardo (game) · la rūna (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · bg стреличка (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · uk дро́тик (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ru дро́тики (game) · lt smigis (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · es jáculo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · cmn 顙道 /颡道 (stitched fold) · de Abnäher (stitched fold) · fr pince (stitched fold) · oc dard (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart) · ja ダート (game) · oc dards (game) · fr flèche (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fa دارت (game) · oc fissada (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart) · fa خشت (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fi keihäs (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fi tikka (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ro pensă (stitched fold) · fr pli piqué (stitched fold) · ko 다트 (game) · es venablo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · mi neneti (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · es azagaya (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · es dardo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fi singahdus (sudden or fast movement) · fr trait (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ca dardell (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ca dard (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fr dard (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · no dart (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · mi tārerarera (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ar خزاقة (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · th ลูกดอก (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · gl dardo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ru дро́тик (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ko 투창 (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · oc vira (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · mk стреличка (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fa ناوک (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · oc dard (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ru дартс (game) · sh pikado (game) · fi tikari (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart) · mk пика́до (game) · enm dart (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ru вы́тачка (stitched fold) · ca pinça (stitched fold) · mi hōmata (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · mi neti (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ja ダーツ (game) · fi laskos (stitched fold) · eo sageto (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · es dardo (game) · cy saeth (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · oc pica (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart) · it pince (stitched fold) · vo jedot (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · cy dart (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · es pinza (stitched fold) · fi tikka (game) · mi hoi (stitched fold) · fi nuoli (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · pt dardo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · fr fléchettes (game) · mk сулица (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · no spyd (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · it dardo (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · ko 다트 (sharp-pointed missile weapon) · mi whakahoi (stitched fold) · bg дартс (game)