sprint

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: dash

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a quick runSynonyms: dash

Verb (1)

  1. run very fast, usually for a short distance
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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.

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