Dart | Mean of dart in English Dictionary

/ˈdɑɚt/

• Noun
• a small object that has a sharp point at one end and that is thrown in the game of darts or used as a weapon
1. throwing darts
2. He was hit with a poisoned dart.
3. She frequently uses her editorials to hurl/throw darts at the White House. [=to sharply criticize the White House]
4. He'd been sending darts of sarcasm in her direction all evening.
• a game in which darts are thrown at a board that is marked with circles
1. Her favorite game is darts.
2. Let's play darts.
• a quick movement
1. a quick dart to the left
2. (chiefly Brit) The cat made a dart for the door.

• a sudden, sharp pain
1. A dart of pain ran through his back.
• a small fold that is sewn into a piece of clothing
1. She sewed a couple of darts in the skirt to make it fit better.
• Verb
• to run or move quickly or suddenly in a particular direction or to a particular place
1. We saw a deer dart across the road.
2. I darted [=dashed] inside to get some ice.
3. Her eyes darted from the door to the window. [=she looked suddenly and briefly at the door and then at the window]
4. The frog darted its tongue at a fly.
• to look suddenly and briefly at (something or someone)
1. She darted a suspicious glance at her sister.