Synonyms for dart


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dahrt
Phonetic Transcription : dɑrt

Top 10 synonyms for dart Other synonyms for the word dart

Définition of dart

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French dart "throwing spear, arrow," from Proto-Germanic *darothuz cf. Old English daroð, Old High German tart, Old Norse darraþr "dart"). Italian and Spanish dardo are said to be from Germanic by way of Old Provençal.
  • verb race away; propel
Example sentences :
  • This dart which I hold in my hand was once grim Death's own weapon.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Edwin was skilled to toss the dart; from his hand it flew unerring to its aim.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The Snake would then dart at them, and eat all he could seize.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • "But you've never failed," Miss Adair exclaimed, with a dart of fear in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • But when I threw in a live remora, how these hungry fish did dart away!
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • She used to dart at one from some dark recesses which I never explored.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • Jim guessed that in an instant the Ray could be made to dart out of the lens.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Suddenly she turned and attempted to dart across the street.
  • Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • They were to me like the stroke of a dart, which penetrated through my heart.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • I had thrust such a dart into him, as he would never be able to draw out.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

Antonyms for dart

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