Darting
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of dart form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Characterized by sudden, quick movements.
"Near-synonym: dartlike"
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More examples"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.""