as in offence
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
the darts flew fast and furiously when the two former friends bumped into each other at the party
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as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out
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Recent Examples of dart
David Hambling, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
There Darnold was, dropping back, planting his back foot and throwing darts over the middle of the field.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Video posted to social media on Tuesday shows the bright, fast-moving fireball darting through the sky before dissipating.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The challenge of aerodynamic darts which will separate cleanly tumbling at Mach 10, then spread out to evenly blanket an area below is not trivial.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
There Darnold was, dropping back, planting his back foot and throwing darts over the middle of the field.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
Their eyes will often dart around, and their brain is active, and the signs include violent limb movements, howling, barking, growling, and even biting.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Video posted to social media on Tuesday shows the bright, fast-moving fireball darting through the sky before dissipating.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Most of my favorite movies of 2024 premièred at overseas film festivals, only to flit through U.S. theatres for a few weeks at most.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Her manager, Billy, was there, and Cher was flitting around in the background, preparing for the opening.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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The exchange instantly got memed, adding further insult to this legal and emotional injury.Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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The evening spirals out of control as Heavenly and Contessa take their feud to a new low, hurling deeply personal insults about each other’s husbands.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
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Instead, 38-year-old Calais Campbell crashed the potential victory party, with Purdy’s off-balance throw fluttering directly to Kader Kahou for an interception.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Thompson, an Oregon transfer after the 2023 season and in the transfer portal again, fluttered a pass into the waiting hands of UF’s Trikweze Bridges.Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
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His general vibe on this show is exhausted and sarcastic, and that approach won me over, even as the content of his exhaustion and sarcasm is pretty gross.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The blue zones are also under assault from Saul Newman, an Australian researcher at University College London with a taste for sarcasm.science.org, science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
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The first public drone display took place in 2012 when art and technology group, Ars Electronica, programmed 49 tiny craft to to dance and form shapes during the Futurelab festival in the Austrian city of Linz.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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To boost your next-day memory, experts say to try brisk walking, cycling, swimming, or dancing to upbeat music.Lauryn Higgins, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
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Healy and Banks began trading barbs last week after Healy criticized her over her post commenting on Charli XCX’s appearance.Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The barb would elicit responses from both Drake and J. Cole, with J. Cole bowing out early, leaving the rhyme war focused squarely on Drake and Kendrick Lamar.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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The game’s opening 10 minutes saw the striker lose possession after attempting to flick the ball around the corner.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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As Swift started singing, fans began to flick on the flashlights on their phones until the entire stadium was illuminated.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land.Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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But flying in December — when air travel records are regularly broken — definitely isn’t for the faint of heart.Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Dart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dart. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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