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/ˈdɑɹ.ti/
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[ˈdɑɹɾi]
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Noun
A party held in the daytime.
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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.
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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 might transition into a full-on "darty" (day + party).
Pavel Beletski, videographer for the darties, feels it's the social element that has brought about the popularity of darties.
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As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St. Patrick's Day, colleges in Boston are warning their students to be wary of 'BORGs.'
Verb
To participate in a darty.
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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.
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"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.
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 crumpled figure.
Adjective
Tending to dart; tending to make quick and sudden moves, especially to the side.
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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 are never long out of it, with their pert and sidelong glance and darty walk, and quaint call seldom used; and they shake and preen and trim themselves, as it were, into harmony with their surroundings, like fashionable ladies at a tea party.
'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.'
His eyes were red but a lot less darty.
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Her darty eyes land on me.
The little dog's not half as interesting as you, but those darty eyes of his are always looking out for trouble.
But he was orange, small dog size, very fast and darty, big bushy tail and white underside.
See—he's kind of a darty runner who will try and make you miss.
Of a car: having a sharp turning radius and tight steering that is responsive to slight turns of the wheel.
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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 involve the driver being skewered like a cocktail sausage.
The steering has good self-centering behavior at high speed but the Sky never loses that alert, slightly darty feel of a roadster.
“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.
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The second-generation car is a darty little performance bargain.