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
Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The mind reels at the musical darts that the late Phil Ochs could have flung in the direction of the person who’s about to re-enter the White House.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Andrew Watman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Beto de la Rocha doesn’t notice the hummingbird darting around his head.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Camp Flog Gnaw, a music festival and carnival that Tyler founded and Wilson attends religiously, was in full swing: balloon darts, corn dogs, Playboi Carti.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The mind reels at the musical darts that the late Phil Ochs could have flung in the direction of the person who’s about to re-enter the White House.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
The brand now darts further into murky territory by packaging the wine in a box that showcases abstract art, changing the perception that good wine can only be poured from a glass bottle, thus shifting consumer habits.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Beto de la Rocha doesn’t notice the hummingbird darting around his head.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Much as all this is undeniable catnip for social media feeds, the actual experience is lushly analog, with days spent flitting between hammocks and the steam room, hot tub, and cold plunge tucked inside a dramatic temescal.Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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After all, a bar with a serious food program can transform a night flitting from drinks to dinner into a destination-worthy one-stop shop.Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is a dangerous conflation and an insult to women who choose to cook.Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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This can be through verbal insults, physical acts like slapping and spitting, or openly degrading someone by telling them to perform humiliating tasks (say, drinking a random glass of milk in front of your work colleagues).Fran Tirado, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ash fluttered down from the sky, swirling with the periodic breezes.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Draped in her Texas pride, a red, white, and blue flag fluttered as the final beats of her set reverberated through the stadium, leaving the audience in awe.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Dec. 2024
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Baldoni’s lawsuit alleges that the text message and Times reporting on said interaction is missing context, and that the back and forth was actually sarcasm.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Times also clipped Abel’s use of the upside-down smiley face emoji, which is typically used to convey sarcasm.Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
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The result was a humanoid robot able to seamlessly walk, dodge, squat, and dance by copying a human.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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Free coffee for dancing customers at this cafe — check it out!Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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In between her many, many self-effacing barbs, Glaser slid in some stingers about the guests seated before her.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Occasional political barbs are folded in the tracklist, albeit a little more subtle than those found on Some Time in New York City.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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The nipple heel is an I-gotcha-shoe, something to flick your nose at the discriminatory height rules of the Cannes Film Festival.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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These are the best action flicks currently on Hulu, updated monthly.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Its reusable first stage is built to fly at least 25 times, the company has said.Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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News network helicopters, on standby at nearby Van Nuys airport, are not permitted to fly near the area.Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Dart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dart. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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