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Sprint

//spɹɪnt//

Definitions

nounsprints

1
A short race at top speed.
2
A burst of speed or activity.
3
In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

verbsprints · sprinting · sprinted · sprant · sprunt

1
To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
"So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.

Word Origin

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic...

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