sprint

Plural: sprints

Noun

a quick run
A short race at top speed.
A burst of speed or activity.
In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

Verb

Verb Forms: sprinted, sprinting, sprints

To run a short distance at full speed.
run very fast, usually for a short distance
To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

Examples

After spotting the triple word score, I had to sprint to finish my turn on time.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

dash

Scrabble Score: 8

sprint: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sprint: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sprint: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

sprint: valid Words With Friends Word