Meaning

12 senses
  1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.

    a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot

  2. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

    дро́тикdrótik

    дро́тикdrótyk

  3. (figuratively, sometimes)Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.

  4. 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.

  5. A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead.

  6. (Australia, Canada, colloquial)A cigarette.

  7. A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.

  8. A sudden or fast movement.

    Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.

    a sudden quick movement

  9. A fold that is stitched on a garment.

    Abnäher

    вы́тачкаvýtačka

  10. A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).

  11. Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.

  12. (Australia, obsolete)A plan or scheme.

    дартс, дро́тикиdrótiki

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Tom beat me at darts.

    Том виграв у мене в дартс.

    ruТом выиграл у меня в дартс.

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  2. Tom and Mary are playing darts.

    ruТом и Мэри играют в дартс.

    deTom und Maria spielen Pfeilewerfen.

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  3. Tom is playing darts with Mary.

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  4. How about a game of darts?

    ruСыграем в дартс?

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  5. Tom doesn't want to play darts.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sharp-pointed missile weapon:
Русский
By meaning 3
sharp-pointed missile weapon:
game:
stitched fold:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
stitched fold:

Origin

From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus,

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”).

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