darty

• Then the tits—particularly the blue tits—begin to flash like light from tree to tree, with their tweenk, tweenk, tweenk; one of the prettiest but most pugnacious of birds; and if you are near water, the wanton wagtails...
• 'It's a different kind of pain now,' I'd say. 'Remember when I said it was a kind of hummy ache? Well, it's changed. More darty.' - 2007, Marian Keyes, Anybody Out There:
• His eyes were red but a lot less darty. - 2013, Inherit the Dead:

• Tiller steering is not for the faint-hearted. It is darty, like a ferret on a lead. Left turns involve pulling the short lever awkwardly into your tummy, and then there's the thought that any kind of impact could...
• The steering has good self-centering behavior at high speed but the Sky never loses that alert, slightly darty feel of a roadster. - 2006 August 2, Dan Neil, “A real roadster in its blood”, in Los Angeles Times, Los...
• “The white M3 is the dartiest of the three; it feels like it's the most on edge and I think for a really good drive it's the most fun,” says Bornhop. - 2015, Larry Webster, Iconic Cars 5-Book Bundle:

• […] I'd want you for to know better, you blackguard, than to call my new obercoat a darty one! - 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter II, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper &...
• Ver fine goods for ole darty blankets, boot for shoe, black dog for white monkey. - 1875, Anne Jane Cupples, Young Bright-eye; or, Charlie Harvey’s First Voyage, page 173:
• "The dartier the cosier" was no exploded maxim then; indeed before the advent of Listerism, corporal, domestic, or communal cleanliness did not really exist; and in those hydrophobic times the direst punishment you...

• As Americans toast Saint Patrick on March 17 in parades and darties (day parties), Ireland will celebrate the saint day in a much more holy fashion. - 2019 March 17, Alex Scimecca, “Raise a Pint of Guinness on St....
• I love drinking during the day. We've written before about the virtues of using jam to make any booze morning-appropriate, as well as how to make the perfect backyard drink. You never know when a chill outdoor hang...
• Pavel Beletski, videographer for the darties, feels it's the social element that has brought about the popularity of darties. - 2023 March 2, Lauren Medeiros, “The Belfort parking lot holds the wildest darty around”, in...

Synonyms: dage dayger

• It's very hard to rally once the alcohol and adrenaline wears off, so the choice to darty is the choice to not party that night. - 2017 April 25, Sophie G. Garrett, “Darty Season: Pros and Cons”, in The Harvard Crimson,...
• "We all know post-Fling Sunday is a day to darty! And in the wake of campus conversations about supporting survivors and denouncing sexual misconduct, partying is political," reads the event's description. - 2019 April...
• I heard an ominous snap as I fell. Laying on the jagged cobblestones, all I could do was take shaky breaths as I reeled from the white-hot pain. The frat bros dartying a stone's throw away paid no attention to my...