dartboard

American  

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

noun

1. the target used in the game of darts.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of dartboard

First recorded in 1900–05; dart + board

Example Sentences

“I feel like you can have a dartboard and throw a dart and it would land on something that went wrong,” Muncy said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2024

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

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