darting
present participle ofdart
dart
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/dɑːt/us/dɑːrt/tomovequicklyorsuddenly:
I darted behind thesofaandhid.
dart a glance/look atsomeone
tolookquicklyat someone:
She darted anangrylookat me.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Sporozoites are seendartingabout, entering cells of the cultured monolayer, leaving them, sometimes passing straight through, and even apparently on occasions penetrating the nucleus.
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But the pictures he seems to have left in her are older and rush through her,dartingand flashing : the two windows of her parents' bedroom ' ' (166).
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There is a great deal of very undesirabledartingof animals going on at the moment; and this is something which badly needs stopping.
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It is designed to stop foxesdartingdown badgers' setts with which they are familiar and find to be nice, big and open.
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They weredartinghither and thither trying to find out where they could be of assistance.
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Very few countries have indulged themselves in the luxury ofdartingfrom one system of nuclear reactor to another.
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The dog suddenly became petrified and stood for several seconds on one carraigeway beforedartingback, being hit by a vehicle and running yelping away.
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It covers various traps, certain methods of poisoning anddartingand the use of artificial lighting.
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His checkout of 138 to clinch the trophy is amongst the most memorable indartinghistory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His eyes weredartingfrom side to side like this, he said,dartinghis eyes from side to side.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He subsequently lost the match but hit a milestone in hisdartingcareer with his first ever televised perfect game.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It hovers within a few metres of the seabed,dartingdown to catch the small invertebrates on which it feeds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He doesn't need to: hisdartingintelligence and racing imagination are evident in every line.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are swift runners,dartingaway to their burrows at the slightest sign of danger.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is very active when feeding in the tree canopy,dartingfrom flower to flower and sallying for insects.
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- understorey
- understory
- understudied
- understudy
- understudying
- undersubscribed
- undertail coverts
- undertail-coverts
- undertake
- undertaken
- undertaker
- undertaking
- under the cosh
- under-the-cosh
- under the counter
- under-the-counter
- under-the-heel-of
- under the heel of something/someone
- under the heel of sth/sb
- under-the-heel-of-sth-sb
- under the influence
- under-the-influence
- under the knife
- under-the-knife
- under the name of