dartlike

English

Etymology

From dart +‎ -like.

Adjective

dartlike (comparative more dartlike, superlative most dartlike)

1. Resembling a dart.
   1. Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt.

      Near-synonym: darting

      dartlike movements

      • 2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times‎:

        The alto saxophonist Greg Osby has a brittle and dartlike style, well suited to exploratory post-bop or slippery free-funk.

   2. Resembling a dart otherwise (for example, in shape and use).

      Coordinate terms: arrowlike, needlelike; pinlike, wirelike

      dartlike projectiles