sprint
sprint
Definition
sprint (sprint)
intransitive verb
to run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
Etymology: ME sprenten, to leap, run < Scand, as in Swed dial. sprinta, ON spretta, to run
noun
- the act of sprinting
- a short run or race at full speed; dash
- a brief period of intense activity
sprint′er noun
sprint
Synonyms
sprint
Synonyms
sprint
Usage Examples
Object
- meter: Waters found a rare gap in the Bath backline and sprinted about 30 meters.
- yard: If I'm aiming to sprint 25 yards in 15 seconds or so, I can afford to turn over as fast as possible.
Converse of object
- win: To help the team further, Tony Gibb easily won the bunch sprint.
Adjective modifier
- 60m: Chris Hough recorded a best time of 7.6 secs in the 60m sprint.
- 100m: The men's A 100m sprint was a fast one.
- 50m: Not even a molecule of oxygen is required for this process, and thus the 50m sprint is a nice ' anaerobic ' test.
- 200m: Marion Jones has won two gold medals in the 100m and 200m sprints and bronze in the long jump.
- maximal: Effects of oral creatine loading on single and repeated maximal short sprints.
- repeated: Effects of oral creatine loading on single and repeated maximal short sprints.
Modifies a noun
- relay: He also helped the sprint relay team to second place.
- hurdler: Sprint Hurdles Photo Sequence All good sprint hurdlers must be fast sprinters.
- triathlon: I began training at a local pool 10 months before the race and even completed a sprint triathlon two months later.
- hurdle: However, both of Jackson's chief rivals for the sprint hurdles title also made it into the second round later today.
- handicap: I tend not to focus too much on jockeys in sprint handicaps, bar the obvious.
- finish: Some even had the energy for a sprint finish!
Modifying Another Word
- downhill: Still, Simon was able to use his wild downhill sprinting to pickup thirteen places on the last two hills.
Noun used with modifier
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