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Webster 1913 Edition

Sprint

Sprint

(sprĭnt)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sprinted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sprinting
.]
[Cf.
Sprunt
.]
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

,
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.

Definition 2024

sprint

sprint

See also: šprint

English

Alternative forms

Noun

sprint ‎(plural sprints)

  1. A short race at top speed
  2. A burst of speed or activity
  3. In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

Translations

Verb

sprint ‎(third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

sprint m

  1. sprint

Related terms

French

Noun

sprint m ‎(plural sprints)

  1. sprint, short top-speed race.

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

sprint m ‎(invariable)

  1. sprint (short, fast race)
  2. vivacity, brio

sprint f ‎(invariable)

  1. A motor car having strong acceleration

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English sprint.

Noun

sprint m ‎(Cyrillic spelling спринт)

  1. sprint

Spanish

Noun

sprint m ‎(plural sprints)

  1. sprint

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent ‎(“to leap; bound; dart”), from Middle English sprenten, from Old English *sprentan, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną ‎(“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- ‎(“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‎(“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen ‎(“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta ‎(“to startle”), Icelandic spretta ‎(“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

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