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sprint
(sprĭnt)n.
1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
2. A burst of speed or activity.
v. sprint·ed, sprint·ing, sprints
v.intr.
To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
v.tr.
To move over (a distance) rapidly or at top speed for a brief period: sprinted the last 100 yards to the finish line.
[Possibly alteration of Middle English sprenten, to spring up, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal sprinta and Old Norse spretta, to jump.]
sprint′er n.
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sprint
(sprɪnt)n
1. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics a short race run at top speed, such as the 100 metres
2. (Athletics (Track & Field)) a fast finishing speed at the end of a longer race, as in running or cycling, etc
3. any quick run
vb (intr)
(Athletics (Track & Field)) to go at top speed, as in running, cycling, etc
[C16: from Scandinavian; related to Old English gesprintan to emit, Old Norse spretta to jump up, Old High German sprinzan to jump up, Swedish sprata to kick]
ˈsprinter n
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sprint
(sprɪnt)v.i.
1. to race or move at full speed for a short distance, as in running or rowing.
v.t. 2. to traverse in sprinting: to sprint a half mile.
n. 3. a short race at full speed.
4. a burst of speed.
[1560–70; perhaps Old English *sprintan c. Old High German sprinzan, Old Norse spretta to jump up]
sprint′er, n.
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sprint
Past participle: sprinted
Gerund: sprinting
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| Noun | 1. |  sprint - a quick run running, run - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" break - a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" |
| Verb | 1. | sprint - run very fast, usually for a short distance run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
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sprint
verb run, scattering, race, shoot, tear, dash, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), dart, hare (Brit. informal), whizz (informal), scamper, hotfoot, go like a bomb (Brit. & N.Z. informal), put on a burst of speed, go at top speed He sprinted to the car.
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sprint
verb1. To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride:
2. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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sprint
[sprɪnt]A. N (in race) → sprint m, esprint m; (= dash) → carrera f sprint
the women's 100 metres sprint → los 100 metros lisos femeninos
the women's 100 metres sprint → los 100 metros lisos femeninos
B. VI (in race) → sprintar, esprintar; (= dash) → correr a toda velocidad; (= rush) → precipitarse
he sprinted for the bus → corrió tras el autobús
we'll have to sprint → tendremos que correr
he sprinted for the bus → corrió tras el autobús
we'll have to sprint → tendremos que correr
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sprint
(sprint) noun1. a run or running race performed at high speed over a short distance. Who won the 100 metres sprint?
2. the pace of this. He ran up the road at a sprint.
verb to run at full speed especially (in) a race. He sprinted (for) the last few hundred metres.
ˈsprinter noun a person who is good at sprinting.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sprint
→ carrera corta , correr a gran velocidadMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009