sprint

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

Synonyms

dash

💨

run

race

rush

scoot

scurry

dart

🎯

hurry

scuttle

bolt

skitter

fly

✈️

gallop

hasten

scamper

scampering

scramble

shoot

speed

tear

flash

rampage

course

charge

scour after

zip

career

zoom

scud

butterfly

🦋

burst

shoot off

skedaddle

bound

move quickly

spin

spurt

start

flee

hurtle

jog

jump

leap

lunge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹɪnt/

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”).