Etymology

Noun

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
   • And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. - 2nd Samuel 18:14
2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
   • The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. - Hannah More
3. A sudden or fast movement.
4. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
5. A fish; the dace.
6. A game of throwing darts at a target.

Verb

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
2. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

   Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? - Alexander Pope

3. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
4. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.