Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A circular board, often of cork, used as the target in a game of darts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts. It may have any of several patterns on it, such as concentric circles, or a central circle with rays.
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- noun A
board used as a target for throwingdarts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
- noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since the election, he has been more circumspect about numbers, cautioning against what he describes as "dartboard politics".
Michael Gove's embarrassing stumbles fail to put the brake on reforms 2011
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Worse, the price setting seemed to be arbitrary, as though throwing a dart at a dartboard were an adequate substitute for sound economics.
Broke Glenn Beck 2010
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The rally's easy, "dartboard" money has already been made, but the case for selective stock investing remains as strong as ever.
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This 'dartboard' approach is stylised, but still gives some insights into what proportion of food production could be more locally produced.
Transition Culture 2010
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In a few days, we not only had a very good dartboard, we also all had our own darts, which we had made ourselves.
Work Camp 934 L 2010
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The Man of Confidence asked for some indoor games, such as cards, dominoes, also a dartboard and, if possible, a football.
Work Camp 10232 GW 2010
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One year, when I was about 10, they had a party (we never had parties) to celebrate the official opening of their recently created "real bar" (hand-pumped beers, optics, dartboard) in a corner of their "lounge" (we had a sitting room) and we were going to stay there (we always stayed at Nan's).
Family life 2011
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Our work has sometimes been the explicit bull's eye on the dartboard, as conservative ideologues sought to extinguish the independent reporting and analysis they find so threatening to their phobic worldview.
Bill Moyers: In Defense of NPR Bill Moyers 2011
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I remember once my mother telling me, when I said I wanted to be like Janis Joplin: If you manifest the light, you will become a dartboard for others' fears, doubts, and insecurities.
Book Excerpt: Steven Tyler's Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? 2011
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One day while we were working, someone suggested if we were to cut two inches from the bottom of one of the big logs, it would make a good dartboard.
Work Camp 934 L 2010
hernesheir commented on the word dartboard
Not listed until now? Pray, what have we all been playing at in the meantime?
December 8, 2010
yarb commented on the word dartboard
Presumably skittles, shove ha'penny and dominoes.
December 8, 2010