They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.
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Dart
//dɑːt//
Synonyms for "dart" (152 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Verb(5 words)
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3 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
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5 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خزاقة noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Armenian
1 entries- սլանալ noun (sudden or fast movement)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дартс noun (game)
- стреличка noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- мятам verb (to throw with a sudden effort)
- мятам verb (to throw suddenly or rapidly)
Catalan
4 entries- dard noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- dardell noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- pinça noun (stitched fold)
- pinça noun (stitched fold)
Esperanto
1 entries- sageto noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Finnish
4 entries- keihäs noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- laskos noun (stitched fold)
- nuoli noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- singahdus noun (sudden or fast movement)
French
4 entries- dard noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- flèche noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- fléchettes noun (game)
- pince noun (stitched fold)
Galician
1 entries- dardo noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
German
1 entries- Abnäher noun (stitched fold)
Italian
3 entries- dardo noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- freccette noun (game)
- pince noun (stitched fold)
Japanese
2 entries- ダーツ noun (game)
- ダート noun (game)
Korean
3 entries- 다트 noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- 다트 noun (game)
- 투창 noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Latin
1 entries- rūna noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Lithuanian
1 entries- smigis noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Macedonian
3 entries- пика́до noun (game)
- стреличка noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- сулица noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Middle English
1 entries- dart noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Māori
4 entries- hoi noun (stitched fold)
- hōmata noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- neneti noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- neti noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Norwegian
4 entries- dart noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- spyd noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- bykse verb (to start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along)
- kaste verb (to throw with a sudden effort)
Occitan
4 entries- dard noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- dard noun (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart)
- dards noun (game)
- fissada noun (figuratively: something that wounds like a dart)
Persian
3 entries- خشت noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- دارت noun (game)
- ناوک noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Polish
1 entries- rzutki noun (game)
Portuguese
2 entries- dardo noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- dardo noun (game)
Romanian
1 entries- pensă noun (stitched fold)
Russian
4 entries- вы́тачка noun (stitched fold)
- дартс noun (game)
- дро́тик noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- дро́тики noun (game)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pikado noun (game)
- ušitak noun (stitched fold)
Spanish
4 entries- azagaya noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- dardo noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- dardo noun (game)
- jáculo noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Thai
1 entries- ลูกดอก noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Turkish
1 entries- fırlamak verb (to start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дро́тик noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Volapük
1 entries- jedot noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Welsh
2 entries- dart noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
- saeth noun (sharp-pointed missile weapon)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
The last dart he threw, bounced off the board.
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Tom threw the dart.
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Tom was hit by a tranquilizer dart.
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