as in offence
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
the darts flew fast and furiously when the two former friends bumped into each other at the party
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as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out
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Recent Examples of dart
Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
The Olympic gymnast and Chicago Bears safety enjoyed a night out with a game of darts that included a skillful shot to the bullseye and a celebration routine.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
Elsewhere onscreen, dart your eyes toward another frame with Richard and Margaret, or Richard’s parents (played by Paul Bettany and Kelly Reilly) in a moment of ecstasy or, more likely, one of their rows.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Mixed among those 284 throws were a number of darts delivered into impossibly narrow windows, exactly the sort of precision passes Riley expects.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
The Olympic gymnast and Chicago Bears safety enjoyed a night out with a game of darts that included a skillful shot to the bullseye and a celebration routine.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
Small, cheap, agile UAVs like these have proven themselves indispensable in today's warfare, and co-ordinated swarms of thousands of these little critters, controlled by onboard and remote swarm AIs, darting about at over 120 mph (200 km/h) like racing quads, are going to cause problems.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
Elsewhere onscreen, dart your eyes toward another frame with Richard and Margaret, or Richard’s parents (played by Paul Bettany and Kelly Reilly) in a moment of ecstasy or, more likely, one of their rows.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2024
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In the myopia that results, especially in the face of an uncertain world—where crisis after crisis pops up like the old arcade game of Whack-a-Mole—the temptation is to make changes based on flitting and unknowable assumptions that do absolutely nothing to determine success over the long term.James Berman, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Our days here consisted of flitting between the various pools and the beach, trying out the multiple restaurants, and simply wandering the gorgeous botanic gardens that make up the grounds between the mountain and the Mediterranean.Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But what garnered the most attention were a comedian’s insults of Puerto Rico, Trump’s violent rhetoric about a political opponent and a comment about women.Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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My heart was fluttering strongly on and off for about four hours.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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This is key, as stripers often stun their prey then swing around and gobble up the dead and dying bunker fluttering to the bottom.Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
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And people take her sarcasm and her tone very seriously.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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In the height of the singer-songwriter era, when earnest autobiographical confessions were prized as tokens of authenticity, Newman’s use of sarcasm and unlikable protagonists was an act of literary radicalism in pop music.David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps no one was more excited than her son, Michael, who danced in front of her during her 3-minute speech.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The company now is hiring dancers right out of their academies and with experience dancing on pointe.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Trump and Harris traded harsh and personal barbs at one other up until the closing days.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
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Although not as volatile as the race in the neighboring 45th district, the two candidates traded barbs all cycle, each trying to link the other to unpopular politicians from their respective parties.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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State Farm, however, says flicking on the high beams may cause an animal to scurry away.Gary Stoller, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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There’s a nostalgic tinge to this for kids of the ’90s, and the action flicks between the 1996 crash and the survivors coming together again 25 years later.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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There is finally a chill in the air and snow flying around in some places.Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Dart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dart. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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