sprint Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quick run
    dash.
  2. verb run very fast, usually for a short distance

WordNet

Sprint intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Sprunt.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sprinted; present participle & verbal noun Sprinting
Definitions
  1. 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.
Sprint noun
Definitions
  1. The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.

Webster 1913