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.
© Webster 1913.
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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