to dart
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2.2
- verb
- /dɑrt/
:
salir disparado
- She darted through the crowd to catch the bus before it left.
- dart back
- eyes dart
Behind the light a black shape ran and darted in, long blades shown.
- Behind the light a black shape ran and darted in, long blades shown.
- And on the car ride from there to here myself esteem open the door and darted out into the street.
- So it's probably going to have to be some kind of a lemur, A lemur with darting Steve Buscemi eyes.
- And then you, I see those two eyes dart over and they see my freckled legs bare.
- They it's just like they just dart to the line and I'm just walking on behind these little smug pricks.
- And the last killer darted in, hammering down with his knife through the top of the skull.
- And when you're and when you see the tic tac shape object dart off to one side, the airplane is flying straight at it for quite some time.
Examples
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Don't you know not to dart into traffic like that?
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She said that Rose had darted off, moments before we arrived and he'd gone west into the woods.
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I saw your eyes dart at my gut five seconds ago.
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Never dart behind Rebel, okay?
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It runs across the field and darts off in front of my car.
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If a scrap hits the ground, a fox will dart in, snatch it up, and resume its station.
Academic text (2010) -
As soon as we let her off the rope, she was in hog heaven, sniffing and darting about around our feet.
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Colorful kingfishers were also prime photographic targets while they perched and darted into the water repeatedly.
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And kingfishers swooped and darted about, their shadows racing over the brown trout.
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Gunfire echoed everywhere, and Marines darted back and forth, hunched low.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
351
1.6
To move very quickly in one direction
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1.0
To move very quickly to reach a place
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2.8
Move a short distance quickly, often to make room or hurry
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6.1
To move quickly and lightly from one place to another
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2.2
To move very quickly for a short time
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5.4
To move quickly and directly in a straight line
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8.0
To move quickly and smoothly, pushed by the wind
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7.4
To move quickly and lightly across a surface
To move suddenly and fast in one direction
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A plant from southern Europe with flat blue flowers and dark centers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped parts next to pointed shapes used on classical buildings
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Etymology
Dart as a verb comes from the old word darder meaning 'to thrust' or 'to throw', so to dart is to move quickly and suddenly in one direction, like a tiny arrow being shot out.