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darter

darter

1 8.0
A person or animal that moves quickly in short bursts
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑːrtər/
translation icon : 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
16 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
3 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
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
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
bolter
vsdarter
8.1

An animal or person that suddenly runs away when startled

moves in short sudden bursts rather than fleeing completely
lunger
vsdarter
9.8

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

moves in short sudden bursts rather than a single forward thrust
scudder
vsdarter
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who runs very fast

is the modern neutral term for short sudden bursts rather than archaic usage
hurrier
vsdarter
8.2

A person who does things quickly, often without being careful

moves in short sudden bursts rather than continually moving fast without care

Antonyms

turtle
385 1.0

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

sloth
16 2.3

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

Compounds

blue darter
  • US
9.9

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

snail darter
  • Specialized
9.4

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

How Fast

sprinter
17 1.9
darter
1 8.0
runner
241 1.0
walker
33 1.0
slowpoke
  • Offensive
5 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.