sprint
Meaning
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- 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.
Concepts
sprint
dash
run
race
rush
dart
scoot
scurry
bolt
hurry
scuttle
fly
shoot
tear
hasten
scamper
scramble
skitter
gallop
speed
scampering
bound
flash
leap
lunge
start
career
charge
hurtle
skedaddle
zip
zoom
burst
jog
jump
course
rampage
scour after
scud
spin
butterfly
shoot off
move quickly
flee
spurt
Frequency
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”).
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