Jason Aaron

It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and see what hits. It all begins with story.

American Writer

Adrian Lewis

Sure, there's pressure when you have one dart at double top when there's a world 'championship to be won, but real 'pressure is what our troops are doing in 'Afghanistan.

English Athlete

Dimebag Darrell

Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.

American Musician

Phil Taylor

I am on a fat-free diet for most of the year, but before 'the worlds,' I tend to relax on the diet a bit to concentrate on darts.

British Athlete

Irvine Welsh

You can't satirise darts, because it's hyper-real as it is; there's already enough over-the-top madness to it.

Scottish Novelist

Sid Waddell

You can get the dart player out of the pub, but you can't get the pub out of the dart player.

British Entertainer

Eric Bristow

Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.

American Celebrity

Rob Cross

Darts in such a little time has really changed my life.

English Celebrity

Fallon Sherrock

English Entertainer

Bob Mortimer

English Comedian

Indicates a swift action with little warning.

Sudden Speed

Can describe quick, non-physical shifts, like in a conversation.

Figurative Use

Often used when someone or something suddenly leaves or avoids a situation.

Escape Context

Refers to the game where darts are thrown at a circular target.

Precision Sport

The noun can represent the equipment used for the sport.

Game Equipment

Describes an action that is quick and usually unnoticed.

Metaphoric Gesture

Suggests a brief, piercing interaction, often through eye contact.

Sharp Interaction

Emphasizes the brevity and quickness of a movement.

Brevity of Action

Can imply quickly moving to avoid danger or being noticed.

Avoidance or Evasion

Specific to sewing, used to shape fabric to fit body contours.

Tailoring Technique

In clothing, darts are used for better fitting, not decoration.

Adjustment for Fit

 where the snake is just trying to send a message without actually killing you. You see, venom takes energy and resources for the snake to make, and they don't want to waste it on a warning shot. When it comes to poison, on the other hand, there's no warning shot. If you pick up a poisonous dart frog to admire its beautiful colors,

Poison vs. venom: What's...

 it's extremely noisy. Forget about trying to hit the bull's eye in darts, just aim for the same spot over and over again. You have a huge spread due to movement variability. And more than that, the outside world, or task, is both ambiguous and variable. The teapot could be full, it could be empty. It changes over time.

Daniel Wolpert: The real...

 Research suggests that some are more susceptible than others, especially those who are self-conscious, anxious, and afraid of being judged negatively by others. So, how can we avoid choking when it really counts? First, it helps to practice under stressful conditions. In a study on expert dart players,

How to stay calm under...

 everybody's got to stay in their cars until explicitly told otherwise okay and everyone's got to be as quiet as possible the main idea here is to keep the stress down because the quietiy we can be and the more we can let the elephant be relaxed when the dart goes in the better okay

Safely Tranquilising an...

 Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them. Nudibranchs, which are sea slugs covered in protective slime, can actually steal the jelly's defenses by eating the cnidocytes

How does a jellyfish...

 out where they go what their home range is are they going outside the park first thing they do is dart the animal at after it comes in here's some infrared pictures of the prey they use cattle and the Tigers come in to actually eat the

Steve Winter: On the...

 just found this photo on flickr that's my sculpture that's been there ten years now but i only just discovered that people gather underneath it what you can't see is there's no crosswalk there these people darted across a four-lane

Designing for social...

 Dave how the world did that happen you telling me dude dude it looked like a park for dart shot it was whose fish like this it's devastating paycheck you swimming away so close to the end of the

Stick 'Em! PIPE Wicked...

 to help protect her family and the entire desert lion population darting is a necessary intrusion though flip never takes it lightly and for him

Best Lion Moments Part 2...

 for help young trevally they dart for the fish causing them to panic and break ranks by putting themselves in the midst of the

Dart

To move quickly and suddenly.

Often appears as...

A small pointed object that is thrown or shot.

Often appears as...

To throw something sharply and swiftly.

Often appears as...

A sudden quick movement.

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A tapered tuck made in dressmaking.

Often appears as...

Sudden Speed

Figurative Use

Escape Context

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