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1. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.
2. To pass quickly and lightly through the air: float, fly, sail, shoot, skim. See move/halt.
3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw, toss. Informal fire. See move/halt.

n.a target towed by a jet aircraft and fired at by fighter aircraft. Darts are used for training purposes only.

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Part of the egg-and-dart or egg-and-anchor ornament.

IN BRIEF: n. - A sudden quick movement; A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot. v. - Move with sudden speed; Move along rapidly and lightly; Run or move very quickly or hastily.

The swallows dart across the evening sky.

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For a list of words related to dart, see:

• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - dart: short slender pointed missile, often ejected from blowpipe
• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - dart: tapering tuck of fabric stitched down to improve fit
• Gaits - dart: move suddenly and rapidly

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kastepil, dart, dartspil, kort hurtig bevægelse, pilformet organ, kileformet indsnit
v. intr. - pile, haste, fare
v. tr. - tilkaste, sende

Nederlands (Dutch)
snelle onverwachtse beweging (maken), coupe-/figuurnaadje, pijltje, (mv) dartsspel, angel (van insect), pluimpje (voor windbuks)

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) fléchette, trait, javelot, dard, (fig) trait, flèche, (Cout) pince
v. intr. - se précipiter, s'élancer, foncer sur, entrer/sortir comme une flèche
v. tr. - darder (ses rayons), décocher

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wurfpfeil, Pfeil, (zo.) Stachel, Sprung, Abnäher
v. - schießen, schnellen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βέλος, σαϊτα, (πληθ.) βελάκια (σκοποβολής)
v. - εξακοντίζω/-ομαι, εκτοξεύω/-ομαι, ορμώ, χιμώ (κν. μουντάρω), πετιέμαι

Italiano (Italian)
dardo, freccetta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dardo (m)
v. - atirar dardos

Русский (Russian)
дротик

Español (Spanish)
n. - dardo, saeta
v. intr. - dardo, saeta, lanzarse
v. tr. - dardo, saeta, lanzar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pil, dart
v. - pila, rusa, störta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
标枪, 昆虫的刺, 镖, 箭, 投标游戏, 猛冲, 狂奔, 投掷, 投射

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 標槍, 昆蟲的刺, 鏢, 箭, 投標遊戲
v. intr. - 猛衝, 狂奔
v. tr. - 投擲, 投射

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 던지는 화살(다트), 갑자기 일어나는 돌진
v. intr. - 돌진하다
v. tr. - 던지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 投げ矢, ダーツ, 急激な突進
v. - 突進する, 投げる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رمح خفيف, رمح صغير من جهه له رأس, محدب ومن الجهه الأخرى عليه ريش ( السهم المريش) (فعل) يرمي بحركه مفاجئه, يندفع كالسهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חץ, חץ מנוצה, זינוק, קפל מחודד בבגד, תנועה מהירה‬
v. intr. - ‮זינק‬
v. tr. - ‮הטיל, זרק, זינק‬

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