darts

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UK/ˈdɑːts/

noun

A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.

OriginEnglish dart ← Middle English dart ← Old French dart →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

darts1

noundarts (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegamesA game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.
noun
  1. pluralplural of dart
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of dart

DARTs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of DART

Darts3

noun
  1. pluralplural of Dart

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*darō
  4. Proto-Germanic*darōþuz
  5. Frankish*darōþ
  6. Medieval Latindardus
  7. Old Frenchdart
  8. Middle Englishdart
  9. Englishdart
  10. Englishdarts

From dart + -s (pluralia tantum).

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Translations

Afrikaans pyltjiegooi
  • pyltjiegooithrowing game
Chinese Mandarin 飛鏢 /飞镖
  • 飛鏢 /飞镖 (fēibiāo)throwing game
Dutch darts
  • dartsthrowing game
Finnish darts, englantilainen tikanheitto
  • dartsthrowing game
  • englantilainen tikanheittothrowing game
French fléchettes
  • fléchettesthrowing game
German Darts
  • Dartsthrowing game
Hungarian darts
  • dartsthrowing game
Icelandic pílukast
  • pílukastthrowing game
Italian freccette
  • freccettethrowing game
Japanese ダーツ, ダート
  • ダーツ (dātsu)throwing game
  • ダート (dāto)throwing game
Polish rzutki
  • rzutkithrowing game
Russian да́ртс, дро́тики
  • да́ртс (dárts)throwing game
  • дро́тики (drótiki)throwing game
Spanish dardos
  • dardosthrowing game
Swedish dart
  • dartthrowing game

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with darts

artspartsheartsHertslanguage arts
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Anagrams

darst
Cite this entry
APA

darts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darts

MLA

“darts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darts. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “darts,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darts.

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