dart

About 1.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
2. noun Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. noun Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
4. noun 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.
5. noun A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead.
6. noun A cigarette.
7. noun A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
8. noun A plan or scheme.

Similar words

shoot scud fleet flutter flit flash dash scoot arrow darter

Often followed by

and of in at from out to into through

Word family

darted darting darts