[dɑːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired
(e.g: the classroom was littered with paper darts)

- an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly
(e.g: the cat made a dart for the door)

- a tapered tuck stitched in a garment in order to shape it
(e.g: stitch collarband on to neck edge and stitch darts)

- a cigarette
(e.g: have a beer, smoke a dart)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’

[dɑːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly
(e.g: she darted across the street)

- shoot (an animal) with a dart, typically in order to administer a drug
(e.g: he darted the leopard with a long-acting anaesthetic)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, accusative of darz, dars, from a West Germanic word meaning ‘spear, lance’