sprint
[verb]
Synonyms: race, dart, dash, hare (Brit. informal), shoot, tear

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English Thesaurus: run, jog, race/dash, sprint, tear, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. sprint¹ /sprɪnt/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From a Scandinavian language]

1. to run very fast for a short distance ⇒ jog
sprint along/across/up etc
Bill sprinted up the steps.

2. to ride, swim etc very fast for a short distance

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. sprint² noun

1. [countable] a short race in which the runners, riders, swimmers etc move very fast over a short distance:
the 100-metre sprint

2. [singular] a short period of running or moving very fast:
He made a desperate sprint for the train.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sprint
noun
ADJ. quick, short | 100-metre, etc.
VERB + SPRINT break into, make The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish. It started raining, so we made a sprint for a cafe.
SPRINT + NOUN relay Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.
finish Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.
champion Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones
hurdles | double the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double
PREP. in a ~ This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.
~ for The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

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