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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sprint

/(sprĭnt)/ · IPA /spɹɪnt/
01 v. i. To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting
  1. 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.
02 n. The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
  1. 1.
    The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
Phrases & compounds
Sprint race — a foot race at the highest running speed; -- usually limited to distances under a quarter of a mile.