SPRINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sprint mean? 

• SPRINT (noun)
  The noun SPRINT has 1 sense:

1. a quick run

  Familiarity information: SPRINT used as a noun is very rare.

• SPRINT (verb)
  The verb SPRINT has 1 sense:

1. run very fast, usually for a short distance

  Familiarity information: SPRINT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quick run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dash; sprint

Hypernyms ("sprint" is a kind of...):

run; running (the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprint"):

break (a sudden dash)

Derivation:

sprint (run very fast, usually for a short distance)

• SPRINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sprint    ... he / she / it sprints   
Past simple: sprinted   
Past participle: sprinted   
-ing form: sprinting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run very fast, usually for a short distance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "sprint" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue sprint

Derivation:

sprint (a quick run)

sprinter (someone who runs a short distance at top speed)

 Context examples 

So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That can only mean that the rider is throwing his weight on to the handle-bar, as a man does when he is sprinting.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One cheetah was recorded sprinting at 29 meters (95.1 ft) per second.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

“It is a lucky thing,” said he, “that they did not tear up the tree on which I was sitting, or I should have had to sprint on to another like a squirrel; but we tailors are nimble.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

If he is an elderly man he is not this active cyclist who sprints away from that young lady’s athletic pursuit.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He’s a fine place-kick, it’s true, but then he has no judgment, and he can’t sprint for nuts.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)