dart

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.

(sometimes figurative) 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 dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.

A plan or scheme.

A sudden or fast movement.

A fold that is stitched on a garment.

A fish, the dace.

A cigarette.

To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.

To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot

“The sun darts forth his beams.”

To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart

“They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help”

To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly

“The flying man darted eastward.”

To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along

“The deer darted from the thicket.”