A sudden or fast movement.
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 cigarette.
Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
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 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.
An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”)
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
To move or walk lackadaisically.
Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.