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Webster 1913 Edition

(sprĭnt)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Sprinted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Sprinting

[Cf.

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.

Noun.

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 distances under a quarter of a mile.

See also: sprint

šprȉnt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling шпри̏нт)