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 whirling.
(usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
Something that whirls.
A rapid series of events.
Dizziness or giddiness.
A confused tumult.
To make something or someone whirl.
To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.