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dartboard

American  
[dahrt-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈdɑrtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

  • dartboards
    plural
  1. the target used in the game of darts.


dartboard British  
/ ˈdɑːtˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a circular piece of wood, cork, etc, used as the target in the game of darts. It is divided into numbered sectors with central inner and outer bull's-eyes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of dartboard

First recorded in 1900–05; dart + board


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The crowd on a Saturday night is a mixture of friends, a smattering of solo drinkers and a young couple on a date, mulling whether to head to the jukebox or dartboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

"One day we went to a shop with my parents and I pointed to a magnetic dartboard because they look similar. The rest is history."

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024

She was rewarded with an education at Stuart Hall, an Episcopal school in Staunton, Va., where she was briefly expelled for using faculty photos as a dartboard.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022

And it’s also why he took a chance on Mayfield, firing yet another dart at the dartboard in hopes of finding something that hits the bull’s-eye.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

It somersaults swiftly, handle over blade, and finds itself buried in the dartboard once again.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The Greene King boss said some of his pubs were expanding into competitive socialising using electronic dartboards and shuffleboards to attract and maintain customers who are after an "elevated experience".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

The company boasts that using biocular dart recognition technology with cameras and infrared lighting combined with state-of-the-art location algorithms, in theory, make Prodigy one of the most accurate smart dartboards ever created.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

We're talking piñatas filled with pink or blue candy, confetti-filled balloons, "pop the belly" dartboards and a whole new business opportunity for bakers built on pink and blue food coloring.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2020

That's a huge weapon for any player--but an especially dominant one for a player who turns 500-yard par 4s into dartboards for a flip wedge.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 28, 2017

There are sports bars with dartboards featuring his likeness.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2016

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