DART

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tart ~, Old English daroth Date: 14th century 1. a light spear, b. a small missile usually with a pointed shaft at one end and feathers at the other, a game in which ~s are thrown at a target, 2. something projected with sudden speed, something causing sudden pain or distress , something with a slender pointed shaft or outline, a quick movement , II. verb Date: 1573 transitive verb to throw with a sudden movement, to thrust or move with sudden speed, to shoot with a ~ containing a usually tranquilizing drug, intransitive verb to move suddenly or rapidly