Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dart; shoot out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of
dart .
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- verb To
pierce orshoot through; todart repeatedly.
Etymologies
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dart + -le
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Examples
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Sometimes, on hot summer nights, clouds form angrily in the distance; vivid flashes dartle hither and about, which serve to intensify the evening darkness.
A Splendid Hazard Harold MacGrath 1901
reesetee commented on the word dartle
(archaic) To dart or shoot forth repeatedly. From WWFTD. :-)
February 19, 2009