noun

sprint

sprihnt

noun

A short race or burst of running at full speed.

"She won the 100-metre sprint at the school meet."

(Agile software development) A short, fixed period of focused work toward a set goal.

"The team planned to finish the login feature by the end of the sprint."

verb

To run as fast as possible over a short distance.

"He sprinted the last fifty metres to catch the bus."

How to Use Sprint

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA short burst of running (or work) at maximum effort.

Common pairings

final sprint sprint finish two-week sprint

sprinted past tense, sprant past tense, sprunt past tense, sprints plural, sprints singular

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From earlier "sprent" ("to leap, dart"), from Old Norse, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to twitch or jump.

Origin: Old Norse

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