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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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Etymology

Origin of dartboard

First recorded in 1900–05; dart + board

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A woman could be seen limbo dancing between a group of men dressed as traffic cones and the sight of someone wearing a foam dartboard on their head was never too far away.

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 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

“Trust your gut, keep throwing darts at the dartboard, don’t listen to the critics and you will figure it out.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2023

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

I used to dash by, feeling like a dartboard, a big red bull’s-eye that Mother pinged darts at.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

This Christmas more than 100,000 children are expected to be opening Littler-branded magnetic dartboards as presents.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2024

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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