darts

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
2. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
4. A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
5. A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
6. A plan or scheme.
7. A sudden or fast movement.
8. A fold that is stitched on a garment.
9. A fish, the dace.
10. A cigarette.

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
2. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot

   The sun darts forth his beams.

3. To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart

   They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help

4. To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly

   The flying man darted eastward.

5. To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along

   The deer darted from the thicket.

noun

(games) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land