dart vs scramble

dart

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

scramble

noun
  • A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface. 

  • An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. 

  • An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. 

  • Any frantic period of competitive activity. 

  • A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished. 

  • A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green. 

  • A motocross race. 

verb
  • To be quickly deployed in this manner. 

  • To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. 

  • To gather or collect by scrambling. 

  • To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. 

  • To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. 

  • To partake in motocross. 

  • To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. 

  • To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. 

  • To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner. 

  • To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. 

  • To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. 

intj
  • Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it. 

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