darty

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹ.ti/, [ˈdɑɹɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti

Blend of day +‎ party.

darty (plural darties)

1. (university slang, Canada, US) A party held in the daytime.

   Synonyms: dage, dayger

   • 2019 March 17, Alex Scimecca, “Raise a Pint of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day With These Historical Photos”, in Fortune‎, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

     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.

   • 2022 June 22, Meredith Dietz, “How to Day Drink Without Overdoing It”, in Lifehacker Australia‎, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

     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).

   • 2023 March 2, Lauren Medeiros, “The Belfort parking lot holds the wildest darty around”, in The Western Gazette‎, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

     Pavel Beletski, videographer for the darties, feels it's the social element that has brought about the popularity of darties.

   • 2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com‎, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

     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.'

darty (third-person singular simple present darties, present participle dartying, simple past and past participle dartied)

1. (university slang, Canada, US) To participate in a darty.
   • 2017 April 25, Sophie G. Garrett, “Darty Season: Pros and Cons”, in The Harvard Crimson‎, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2023:

     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.

   • 2019 April 29, Britton O'Daly, “Hundreds to boycott DKE Tang”, in Yale Daily News‎, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

     "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.

   • 2022 August 15, Christine Ji, “Broken Ankles and Barriers to Accessibility: Reflections from a Skater-Turned-Scooter Girl”, in The Georgetown Voice‎, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-07:

     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.

From dart +‎ -y.

darty (comparative dartier or more darty, superlative dartiest or most darty)

1. Tending to dart; tending to make quick and sudden moves, especially to the side.
   • 1887 September, Alex H. Japp, “Up in the Morning Early”, in Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, volume 263, number 1881, page 296:

     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.

   • 2007, Marian Keyes, Anybody Out There:

     '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.'

   • 2013, Inherit the Dead:

     His eyes were red but a lot less darty.

   • 2019, Alex Poppe, Moxie:

     Her darty eyes land on me.

   • 2020, Hannah M. Sandoval, Arcamira:

     The little dog's not half as interesting as you, but those darty eyes of his are always looking out for trouble.

   • 2020, Edwin Jones, Ted Made Me Write This, page 99:

     But he was orange, small dog size, very fast and darty, big bushy tail and white underside.

   • 2022, Jerry Izenberg, "No Medals for Trying": Eagles @ Giants:

     See—he's kind of a darty runner who will try and make you miss.

2. Of a car: having a sharp turning radius and tight steering that is responsive to slight turns of the wheel.
   • 2017 May 17, Andrew English, “Old-time machine: Can this 1904 Vauxhall handle Britain in the 21st Century?”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

     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.

   • 2006 August 2, Dan Neil, “A real roadster in its blood”, in Los Angeles Times‎, Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-10:

     The steering has good self-centering behavior at high speed but the Sky never loses that alert, slightly darty feel of a roadster.

   • 2015, Larry Webster, Iconic Cars 5-Book Bundle:

     “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.

   • 2019 November 15, Brendan McAleer, “A zippy, trippy celebration for the Mazda MX-5′s 30th birthday”, in The Globe and Mail‎, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-04:

     The second-generation car is a darty little performance bargain.

darty (comparative dartier, superlative dartiest)

1. Pronunciation spelling of dirty.
   • 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter II, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 22:

     […] I'd want you for to know better, you blackguard, than to call my new obercoat a darty one!

   • 1875, Anne Jane Cupples, Young Bright-eye; or, Charlie Harvey’s First Voyage, page 173:

     Ver fine goods for ole darty blankets, boot for shoe, black dog for white monkey.

   • 1915 July, J. W. F., “Bob Sawyer and Ben Allen: Vindicated by a Doctor”, in Bertram Waldrom Matz, editor, The Dickensian, volume 11, number 7, page 188:

     "The dartier the cosier" was no exploded maxim then; indeed before the advent of Listerism, corporal, domestic, or communal cleanliness did not really exist; and in those hydrophobic times the direst punishment you could mete out to an enemy was to put him under the pump, or to duck him in a horse-trough.

   • 2000, Rufus Juskus, Blueprint, page 61:

     Yeah, well, you're a darty old fart.

   • 2020, M. Brooke McCullough, J. E. Boydston, Canarytown City of Grief:

     Aye, matey, it's a darty job, but me throat got plenty parched.

• Jonathon Green (2024) “darty n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

• IPA^(key): /ˈdar.tɨ/
• Rhymes: -artɨ
• Syllabification: dar‧ty

darty (passive adjectival)

1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of drzeć

darty

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dart

• darty in Polish dictionaries at PWN