1.
[syn: dash, sprint]
VERB (1)
1. run very fast, usually for a short distance;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sprint \Sprint\ (spr[i^]nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Sprinting.] [Cf. Sprunt.]
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
[1913 Webster]
A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to
sprint the whole way. --Encyc. Brit.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sprint \Sprint\, n.
The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full
speed.
[1913 Webster]
Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; --
usually limited to distances under a quarter of a mile.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sprint
n 1: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
v 1: run very fast, usually for a short distance
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
SPRINT
List processing language involving stack operations. "SPRINT
- A Direct Approach to List Processing Languages", C.A. Kapps,
Proc SJCC 30 (1967). Sammet 1969, p 462.