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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

  1. the act of sprinting
  2. a short run or race at full speed; dash
  3. a brief period of intense activity

sprint Related Forms
sprinter noun
sprint Synonyms

sprint

n.

burst of speed, dash, supreme effort; see race 3.

sprint Synonyms

sprint

v.

rush, dash, work at top speed; see race 1, run 2.

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

  • 0-62mph: It covers the 0-62mph sprint in 7.1 seconds and achieves a top speed of 140mph.
  • bunch: He came second in the bunch sprint to come 11th.
  • meter: There, she posted a lifetime best in the 60 meters sprint.
  • lap: The 1km time trial is a flat-out four lap sprint with no-one else on the track.

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