sprint

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We even use the word sprint, a term that is not connotative of sustainability.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. noun A burst of speed or activity.
  3. intransitive verb To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
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  • We even use the word sprint, a term that is not connotative of sustainability. —  Hottest News Articles
  • Most of the stages will come down to a bunch sprint, at which Armstrong is positively pedestrian at compared to sprinters like Robbie McEwen. —  Larvatus Prodeo
  • This is the problem with sprint, they were stupid over 6 years ago by tryin to spread they're resources far beyond reach. —  GigaOM
  • It involves four sports - 75 metre sprint, a vortex throw, a standing jump and a 600 metre run.
  • HTC Diamond Touch Pro also headed to Sprint official word that the HTC Diamond Touch will make it over to sprint, as expected. —  GartenBlog
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Possibly alteration of Middle English sprenten, to spring up, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal sprinta and Old Norse spretta, to jump.

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  1. Also dial. sprunt; a later form of sprent, q. v. Cf. spurt, spirt.
  2. from sprint, v.
 

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