Darting

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A motion or gesture that darts.

    "During this period, a different set of abnormal mouth-movements made their appearance: forced protrusions of the lips, propulsion of the tongue, and occasional choreic dartings of the tongue."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dart form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by sudden, quick movements.

    "Near-synonym: dartlike"

Synonyms

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dartlikeshooting

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"The door opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her "Dear, dear brother.""

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