Sprint (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting.] [Cf. Sprunt.]

To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.

A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit.

 

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Sprint, n.

The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.

Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; -- usually limited to distance under a quarter of a mile.

 

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