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darting about

darting about is the present participle and gerund of dart about.

Meaning of dart about

Verb

dart about (third-person singular simple present darts about, present participle darting about, simple past and past participle darted about)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To move around quickly, perhaps frequently changing directions.

Questions about darting about

What is darting about the present participle and gerund of?
Darting about is the present participle and gerund of dart about.

Words near darting about in the dictionary

  1. dartied
  2. dartier
  3. darties
  4. dartiest
  5. darting
  6. darting about
  7. dartingly
  8. dartingness
  9. dartings
  10. Dartington
  11. dartist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: darting about (page history and authors); dart about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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