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English Dictionary: Sprint by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprint
n
  1. a quick run
    Synonym(s): dash, sprint
v
  1. run very fast, usually for a short distance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sprint \Sprint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprinting}.] [Cf. {Sprunt}.]
      To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
  
               A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to
               sprint the whole way.                              --Encyc. Brit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sprint \Sprint\, n.
      The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full
      speed.
  
      {Sprint race}, a foot race at the highest running speed; --
            usually limited to distance under a quarter of a mile.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPRINT
  
      List processing language involving stack operations.   "SPRINT
      - A Direct Approach to List Processing Languages", C.A. Kapps,
      Proc SJCC 30 (1967).   Sammet 1969, p 462.
  
  
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