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    sprint

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//ˈsprɪntə(r)//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈsprɪntər//
    Athletics, Swimming
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  1. 1a race in which the people taking part run, swim, etc. very fast over a short distance a 100-metre sprint the world sprint champion Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivequick, short, final, … verb + sprintbreak into, make sprint + nounrace, relay, finish, … prepositionin a sprint, sprint for See full entry See related entries: Athletics, Swimming
  2. 2[usually singular] a short period of running, swimming, etc. very fast a sprint for the line a sprint for the bus She won in a sprint finish. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivequick, short, final, … verb + sprintbreak into, make sprint + nounrace, relay, finish, … prepositionin a sprint, sprint for See full entry
    3.  Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.Extra examples Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay. Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish. The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line. The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish. This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint. the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double It was a sprint for the finishing line.
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