outsprint

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verb

To sprint faster than.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verboutsprint (third-person singular simple present outsprints, present participle outsprinting, simple past and past participle outsprinted)

present singular third person outsprints · participle present outsprinting · participle past outsprinted · past outsprinted

  1. transitiveTo sprint faster than.

    Yesterday, he […] outsprinted fellow Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Switzerland's Martin Elmiger (AG2R).

    2009 January 22, Ron Reed, “Allan Davis sprints to Tour Down Under lead”, in Herald Sun

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishsprint
  8. Englishoutsprint

From out- + sprint.

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APA

outsprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsprint

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“outsprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsprint. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsprint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsprint.

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