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sprint
(sprĭnt)n.
1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
2. A burst of speed or activity.
v. sprint·ed, sprint·ing, sprints
v.intr.
To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
v.tr.
To move over (a distance) rapidly or at top speed for a brief period: sprinted the last 100 yards to the finish line.
[Possibly alteration of Middle English sprenten, to spring up, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal sprinta and Old Norse spretta, to jump.]
sprint′er n.
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| Noun | 1. |  sprinter - someone who runs a short distance at top speedrunner - a trained athlete who competes in foot races |
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Translations
مُتَسابِقمُشْتَرِك في سِباق، شَخْص سَريع الجَرْي
sprintér-kasprinter
sprinterhurtigløber
pikajuoksija
sprintersprintericatrkač na kratke staze
rövidtávfutóvágtázó
spretthlaupari
短距離走者
단거리 경주 선수
šprintér
kortdistanslöpare
นักวิ่งเร็ว
kısa mesafe koşucususürat koşucusu
người chạy nước rút
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sprinter
n → Kurzstreckenläufer(in) m(f), → Sprinter(in) m(f)
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sprint
(sprint) noun1. a run or running race performed at high speed over a short distance. Who won the 100 metres sprint?
2. the pace of this. He ran up the road at a sprint.
verb to run at full speed especially (in) a race. He sprinted (for) the last few hundred metres.
ˈsprinter noun a person who is good at sprinting.
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sprinter
→ مُتَسابِق sprintér sprinter Sprinter σπρίντερ velocista pikajuoksija sprinteur trkač na kratke staze velocista 短距離走者 단거리 경주 선수 sprinter sprinter sprinter atleta que corre curtas distâncias спринтер kortdistanslöpare นักวิ่งเร็ว kısa mesafe koşucusu người chạy nước rút 赛跑选手Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009