SPRINT

dash, sprint

(noun) a quick run

sprint

(verb) run very fast, usually for a short distance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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,

Anagrams

• prints

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



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