A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
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.
A fish, the dace.
Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
A sudden or fast movement.
A cigarette.
Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
A fold that is stitched on a garment.
A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.