dart

ot noun

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
2. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
3. (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
4. A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.

fe’l verb

1. To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot The sun darts forth his beams.
2. To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help
3. To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly The flying man darted eastward.
4. To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along The deer darted from the thicket.