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darting

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darting (comparativemoredarting,superlativemostdarting)

  1. Characterized by sudden, quick movements.
    Near-synonym:dartlike
    • 1905, Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker,The Birds of Tunisia, page221:
      Its flight is fairly swift, and at times verydarting or jerky.
    • 1989, James Tyler Kent,Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica, page429:
      Violentdarting pains in the head preventing sleep.
    • 2012, Jessica Stirling,The Haldanes:
      Stella was very quick, verydarting.

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darting

  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofdart

Noun

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darting (pluraldartings)

  1. A motion or gesture thatdarts.
    • 1973,Oliver Sacks,Awakenings:
      During this period, a different set of abnormal mouth-movements made their appearance: forced protrusions of the lips, propulsion of the tongue, and occasional choreicdartings of the tongue.
    • 2000,Alan Bennett,Writing Home:
      Jane Gibson taught the cast the movements of the various creatures they were representing: the linear shufflings of the hedgehogs, the dozy lollopings of the rabbits, the sinuousdartings of the weasel and so on.

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