darts
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🇺🇸
/dɑrts/
🇬🇧
/dɑːts/
(dart)
quick movement or pointed object
Etymology
'dart' originates from Old French, specifically the word 'dard', where it meant 'a spear or javelin'.
'dard' was adopted into Middle English as 'dart' and came to refer to a small pointed projectile; the verb sense 'to move quickly' developed later from the idea of a rapid, spear-like motion.
Initially, it meant 'spear' or 'javelin', but over time it evolved into the modern meanings of 'a small thrown missile' and the verb sense 'to move suddenly'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a circular target (the word is treated as an uncountable noun for the sport).
They played darts all evening at the pub.
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Noun 2
the plural of 'dart': small pointed missiles or throwing arrows used in the game or as projectiles.
He pulled several darts out of the board.
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