dash, sprint
(noun) a quick run
sprint
(verb) run very fast, usually for a short distance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sprint (plural sprints)
A short race at top speed.
A burst of speed or activity.
(software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
sprint (third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past (nonstandard, humorous) sprant or sprinted, past participle (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt or sprinted)
(ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period,
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Source: Wiktionary
Sprint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting.] Etym: [Cf. Sprunt.]
Definition: To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit.
Sprint, n.
Definition: The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed. Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; -- usually limited to distance under a quarter of a mile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
