dartboard
- noun
- /ˈdɑrtˌbɔrd/
- The players gathered around the dartboard to see who could score the highest.
- hit the dartboard
- miss the dartboard
- darts at a dartboard
In fact, I didn't read any reviews because once again, I was too busy throwing darts at the dartboard all the while facing my fears.
- In fact, I didn't read any reviews because once again, I was too busy throwing darts at the dartboard all the while facing my fears.
- Oh God, there was Mog's mum on a dartboard.
- So you have circles and straight lines like the dartboard.
Examples
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They actually got a dartboard for Christmas from their aunt.
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On the wall opposite the toilet is a well-used dartboard with pictures of the Queen Mother and Colonel Sanders.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dan took a $13 electronic dartboard and made it work with an Android device.
Blog text (17) -
Up at the top there's a dartboard.
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She used to have a dartboard.
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I saw the dartboard leaning uselessly against the floor wall.
Blog text (13) -
He glanced up at the dartboard on the wall around his desk.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then he threw a dart at the dartboard, and wherever it landed, that was the medication I would take.
Blog text (9) -
One of the two dartboards I acquired in Delft was already here, waiting to be hung in just the right spot.
Blog text (13) -
You and Jesse drink four shots in four minutes, and if you can get closer to the bull's-eye on that dartboard, then we drink for free and you get your Polaroid on the wall.
Synonyms
A circular board that players throw darts at to score points
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dartboard combines dart, which means 'a small spear or arrow you throw', and board, which means 'a flat piece of wood'. So, a dartboard is the wooden target you throw darts at.