Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprint \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprint \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprint
n : a quick run [syn: {dash}]
v : run very fast, usually for a short distance
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