sprint

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   a quick run

3. 3
   verb

   run very fast, usually for a short distance

4. 4
   noun

   A short race at top speed.

5. 5
   noun

   A burst of speed or activity.

6. 6
   noun

   In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

Etymology

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 *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).