dart

noun12

1. •
   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
2. •
   Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   (figurative) 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
5. •
   A sudden or fast movement.

   • Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.
6. •
   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
7. •
   A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead.
8. •
   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
9. •
   (Australia, informal) A cigarette.
10. •
    Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
11. •
    A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus).
12. •
    (Australia, no longer used) A plan or scheme.

    • Trucking′s my dart too. — 1947

verb5

1. •
   To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.

   • The flying man darted eastward.
2. •
   To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

   • The deer darted from the thicket.
   • The fish darted under a stone.
3. •
   To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
4. •
   To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.

   • As the sun darted forth his beams, she darted a meaningful glance at me.
5. •
   To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.

   • They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help

noun5

1. •
   Disaster animal response team.
2. •
   Disaster area response team.
3. •
   Disaster response team.
4. •
   Acronym of disaster assistance response team.
5. •
   Abbreviation of disaster assistance and rescue team.

noun1

1. •
   (UK, slang) An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.