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dart

verb
  1. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt 2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour 2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear 1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal: hotfoot, rip. Slang: barrel, highball. Chiefly British: nip 1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See move
  2. To pass quickly and lightly through the air: float, fly, sail, shoot, skim. See move
  3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy 2, sling, throw, toss. Informal: fire. See move

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