sprint
verb/sprɪnt/
/sprɪnt/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sprint | /sprɪnt/ /sprɪnt/ |
| he / she / it sprints | /sprɪnts/ /sprɪnts/ |
| past simple sprinted | /ˈsprɪntɪd/ /ˈsprɪntɪd/ |
| past participle sprinted | /ˈsprɪntɪd/ /ˈsprɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form sprinting | /ˈsprɪntɪŋ/ /ˈsprɪntɪŋ/ |
- to run or swim a short distance very fast
- + adv./prep. He sprinted for the line.
- Three runners sprinted past.
- She jumped out of the car and sprinted for the front door.
- sprint something I sprinted the last few metres.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc1- A doctor came sprinting down the corridor.
- He sprinted towards the finishing line.
- Mark gathered up his things and sprinted after her.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.Want to learn more?
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