dart

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verb

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
Noun
Wallerstein shot the deer with a tranquilizer dart so the cage could be safely removed, officials said. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025 This 30-inch dartboard comes with sticky balls for safe play (instead of actual darts). Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
McDaniel, days removed from her best game of the season against Wisconsin, guard corralled a loose ball on defense then darted for the hoop but landed awkwardly after a missed layup on the final play of the opening frame. Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025 Easing out of Glasgow Central station, the Glasgow-to-Mallaig line follows the mighty River Clyde before darting into the wild glens of Loch Lomond. James March, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dart 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dart
Verb
  • Image On the site of this family home in Jeju, the buried appear to rise again, their shadows flitting over the walls; dead and absent people and birds are intermittently present, and the distinction between dead and living grows fuzzy.
    Lydia Millet, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Fleet, flitting here and there, in front of the orchestra and behind, her Puck seems to become the toh bird.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Finally, Smith reiterated that no insult was directed at Williams.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • During the interview, McEnany spoke openly about being compared, as an insult, to the character of Pat, because of her gender expression.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Two large, white bracts (structures surrounding the flower) flutter delicately in a light breeze, reminiscent of white birds, spirits, or tissues in a tree.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Yellow blossoms on little-leaf green-twig shrubs attract local bees, and butterflies flutter in a mad dance around sprays of blue mistflower.
    Sunshine Flint, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Never allow associates to use hurtful sarcasm or show disrespect to others, regardless of their intent.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Through darkly humorous posts, expressions of admiration, sarcasm and other forms of rhetoric, people are rebuilding a sense of agency by reacting to their personal audiences.
    Erin Keller, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Brazilian Carnival is around the corner (beginning on February 28), a time when locals flock to the streets to dance, imbibe and connect with their heritage.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In the modern story, Malaika, an artist, also dances (Banks is a choreographer and a dancer), and Dunbar’s poetry figures repeatedly in her story and Nico’s, too; the poem of the title, set to music, inspires a remarkable dance performance by Malaika’s friend Bill (Christopher Smith).
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In other legislative news: Gov. Katie Hobbs and House appropriations chair Rep. David Livingston (R-Peoria) traded barbs over a budget shortfall in the state's developmental disabilities program.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Following the post, Altman and Musk have traded barbs on the platform, with Musk, who’s in an ongoing lawsuit with OpenAI, sharing former posts critical of Trump from Altman to his own X page.
    Donald Judd, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Upon entering the tasting room, Galloni flicked on the lights with flair.
    Marcia DeSanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
  • True, a laser can flick from one target to the next in a fraction of a second, but identifying a weak spot and fixing the beam on it is another matter entirely.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Listen to this article A New Jersey man flying from Miami to Newark has been arrested for threatening flight attendants with violence, harassing other passengers and yelling racist slurs while banging on the cockpit door and demanding to see the pilot, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Next, families fly to Cottar’s Bush Villa in the Maasai Mara’s Borana Wildlife Conservancy, where everyone can gather Circle of Life–style for sundowners at the inspiration for Lion King’s Pride Rock.
    Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Dart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dart. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

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