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darter

darter

1 8.0
A person or animal that moves quickly in short bursts
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑːrtər/
: rápido
  • During the soccer game, the player was a darter, sprinting from one side of the field to the other.

Examples

  • "Hsssst! That's a Darter!"

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The little girl watched in delight as the darter zipped past her in the garden.

  • When startled, the darter quickly changed direction and disappeared into the bushes.

Synonyms

speedster
vsdarter
19 4.1

A person, animal, or vehicle that moves very fast

moves in short sudden bursts rather than at sustained top racing speed
jerker
vsdarter
2 9.7

A person or thing that gives a sudden pull to make something move

moves in short controlled bursts rather than with uneven continuous motion
lunger
vsdarter
1 9.8

A person who suddenly moves forward to attack, especially in fencing

moves in short sudden bursts rather than a single forward thrust
scrambler
vsdarter
  • Jargon
1 6.3

A player who moves quickly and unpredictably to avoid defenders

moves in short sudden bursts rather than mainly to evade or dodge
bolter
vsdarter
1 8.1

An animal or person that suddenly runs away when startled

moves in short sudden bursts rather than fleeing completely
hurrier
vsdarter
1 8.2

A person who does things quickly, often without being careful

moves in short sudden bursts rather than continually moving fast without care
ducker
vsdarter
1 8.4

A person or animal who quickly moves out of the way to avoid something

moves in short sudden bursts rather than specifically to dodge objects
tachyon
vsdarter
  • Slang
1 9.8

A person or thing that moves very quickly

moves in short sudden bursts rather than always moving extremely fast
scudder
vsdarter
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who runs very fast

is the modern neutral term for short sudden bursts rather than archaic usage

Antonyms

turtle
489 1.0

An animal with a hard shell that lives in water or on land

sloth
19 2.3

A slow animal that lives in trees and hangs upside down while eating leaves

Compounds

snail darter
  • Specialized
1 9.4

A small freshwater fish that eats snails and lives in the Tennessee River

blue darter
  • US
9.9

A blue-grey hawk from North America that flies fast and darts through trees

How Fast

sprinter
16 1.9
darter
1 8.0
runner
106 1.0
walker
37 1.0
slowpoke
  • Offensive
9 6.8

Surface Forms

darter singular
darters plural

Morphology

darter = dart (transparent) = dart + er

The suffix '-er' is used to form nouns indicating a person or thing that performs an action.

Etymology

Darter comes from the verb dart, which means 'to move quickly and suddenly', plus the agent ending -er. So a darter is someone or an animal that makes short, fast bursts of movement.