This is a glossary of terminology used in the game of darts. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics.
A
:;Alan Evans shot: Hitting three double-bulls in one turn.
:;Annie's Attic: Double 1.
:;Annie's room (or Annie's house): The number 1.
:; Arraz/arrows: Another term for darts.
:; Archer: Refers to a player who throws very quick smooth darts, like an archer's arrow (also known as a 'Derek'). Contrast "Floater".
:; Audio Darts: Darts played with a talking electronic board, popular with visually impaired players. May also be played by blindfolded sighted players.
:; <span id="Average">Average</span>: Average score achieved every three darts thrown. See also PPD.
B
:; Baby ton: A score of 95, usually by scoring five 19s.
:; Baby fish: A 130 checkout: T20, 20 (or 20, T20), Bull. First mentioned by Wayne Mardle commentating the 2019/20 WC.
:; Bag of nuts: A score of 45, named after the prize offered at a fairground.
:; Big Fish: A score of 170 to end a leg (triple-20, triple-20, inner bull) (See also: Maximum check-out)
:; Bounce out: When a dart bounces back off the board, usually after hitting a wire.
:; <span id="Break">Break</span>: Winning a leg as the player to go second at the start of that leg. Analogous to the usage of the term in tennis.
:; <span id="Breakfast">Breakfast (or bed 'n' breakfast)</span>: A score of 26, made up of a single-5, single-20, single-1 in a game of x01. This is a common score in darts because players aiming for the 20 sector (which contains the highest scoring area on the board) will often accidentally hit the 1 and the 5 sectors, which are located on either side of the 20. The term comes from the typical price of a bed-and-breakfast in times gone by: 2 shillings and sixpence, or "two and six". (See also chips). Hitting the treble of each number is known as a champagne breakfast: Triple 20, triple 5 and triple 1.
:; Brimful of Asha (Brimful): A score of 45. Taken from the chorus of the song "Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop ("Brimful of Asha on the 45").
:; <span id="Bucket">Bucket (or bag) of nails</span>: Landing all three darts in the 1. This is also known as "The Eric Bristow", who once scored three 1s in a televised tournament.
:; Buckshot: A throw when darts land wildly all over the board.
:; Bull calf: The number 33.
R
:; Redeemer: A dart, (often a T20) that "redeems" two previous poor efforts.
:; <span id="Church">Right church, wrong pew (or right house, wrong bed)</span>: Term for hitting a double or triple, but the wrong number. Also known as daddy's bed.
:; Robin Hood: Throwing a dart into the shaft of another making it stick, sometimes splitting the flight. The darts not touching the board do not count for score.
:; Round nine: Throwing three triples that close (before being closed by opponent) or point in one turn in cricket.
:; <span id="Round the clock">Round the clock</span>: Any of a number of game variants where players compete to be the first to hit all the sectors on the board in an agreed order, usually numerical finishing with the 20, although sometimes with the outer bull followed by the bull. In some versions hitting a double entitles the player to skip the next number, with a triple entitling the player to skip two numbers. Also commonly played by single players as a form of practice; also known as around the world.
S
:; Scroat: A dart that is aimed for triple 20, but ends up in double 20.
:; Scud: Aiming for something and hitting something else that either marks or points.
:; Scotch: Another name for a game of darts
:; Set: A scoring method used in many tournaments. The first player to win a specified number of legs (individual games) wins the set, and the first to win a specified number of sets wins the match.
:; Seeding: The placement of player(s) automatically in a tournament where some have to qualify, or automatic placement in later rounds.
:; Shaft: The part of a dart behind the barrel where the flights are mounted.
:; Shanghai: Hitting a single, double, and treble of the same number on one turn. Also refers to a game in which players throw at each number on the board in turn, scoring points, with the first player to hit a Shanghai being declared the winner. If no player achieves a Shanghai, then the player with the most points wins.