Dart
Dart verb - To make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements.
Usage example: the housefly darted about the room until it found an open window and flew out
Shoot is a synonym for dart in dash topic. In some cases you can use "Shoot" instead a verb "Dart", when it comes to topics like activity, movement, move, direct. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full dart | full shoot |
| short | short dart | short shoot |
| single | single dart | single shoot |
| small | small dart | small shoot |
| Other adjectives: large, big, new, last, different, said, made. | ||
Common collocations
| way | dart way | shoot way |
Both words in one sentence
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On Open Season, Boog's caretaker has to shoot him with a tranquilizer dart when he apparently goes on a rampage (he's actually fighting with Elliot, who gets several darts to the butt as well).
Source: Tranquillizer Dart -
Bullet Seed: Rico uses popcorn kernels to (literally) shoot out the lights in "Popcorn Panic." Bullet Time: Done in "Untouchable" when Barry the poison dart frog tries to touch King Julien.
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A dart gun has to shoot not only the tranquilizer, but also the syringe that delivers it; a "mercy pistol" only has to shoot the tranquilizer itself.
Source: Abnormal Ammo
Cite this Source
Shoot and Dart. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dart/shoot
Dart & Shoot. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dart/shoot>.
Shoot or Dart. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dart/shoot.
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