Meanings
plural sprints · alternative dialectal sprunt
- computingIn Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
present singular third person sprints · participle present sprinting · past sprinted · humorous nonstandard past sprant · participle past sprinted · humorous nonstandard participle past sprant · humorous nonstandard participle past sprunt · alternative dialectal sprunt
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)prend-
- Proto-Germanic*sprintaną
- Proto-Germanic*sprantijaną
- Old Norse*sprenta
- Middle Englishsprenten
- Englishsprent
- Englishsprint
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
More words from Northern Middle English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian спринт, спринти́рам
- спринт (sprint)short race at top speed
- спринти́рам (sprintíram)To run etc at top speed for a short period
Catalan esprint
- esprintshort race at top speed
Chinese Mandarin 短跑, 衝刺 /冲刺
- 短跑 (duǎnpǎo)short race at top speed
- 衝刺 /冲刺 (chōngcì)short race at top speed
- 短跑 (duǎnpǎo)To run etc at top speed for a short period
- 衝刺 /冲刺 (chōngcì)To run etc at top speed for a short period
- 疾跑To run etc at top speed for a short period
Czech sprint, sprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
- sprintburst of speed or activity
- spurtburst of speed or activity
- sprintovatTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Danish sprinte, spæne
- sprinteTo run etc at top speed for a short period
- spæneTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Dutch sprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
Esperanto kuregi
- kuregiTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Finnish pikajuoksu, pikamatka
- pikajuoksushort race at top speed
- pikamatkashort race at top speed
- pyrähdysburst of speed or activity
- pinkaistaTo run etc at top speed for a short period
- pyrähtääTo run etc at top speed for a short period
French sprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
German Kurzstreckenlauf, Sprint
- Kurzstreckenlaufshort race at top speed
- Sprintshort race at top speed
- Spurtburst of speed or activity
- spurtenTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Greek σπριντ, τρέχω
- σπριντ (sprint)short race at top speed
- τρέχω (trécho)To run etc at top speed for a short period
Hebrew מאוץ, ריצה מהירה
- מאוץ (maóts)short race at top speed
- ריצה מהירה (ritsá mehirá)short race at top speed
- ספרינט (sprint)short race at top speed
Hungarian sprint, rövidtávfutás
- sprintshort race at top speed
- rövidtávfutásshort race at top speed
Indonesian sprint, lari cepat
- sprintshort race at top speed
- lari cepatshort race at top speed
Irish ráib, rúid
- ráibshort race at top speed
- rúidshort race at top speed
- ruthagshort race at top speed
- aga reathashort race at top speed
Italian velocità, sprint
- velocitàshort race at top speed
- sprintshort race at top speed
- attivitàburst of speed or activity
Japanese スプリント, 短距離走
- スプリント (supurinto)short race at top speed
- 短距離走 (tankyori sō)short race at top speed
- 短距離競走 (tankyori kyōsō)short race at top speed
Korean 스프린트, 단거리 달리기
- 스프린트 (seupeurinteu)short race at top speed
- 단거리 달리기 (dan'geori dalligi)short race at top speed
- 단거리 경주 (dan'geori gyeongju)short race at top speed
Malay lari pecut
- lari pecutshort race at top speed
Norwegian Bokmål spurt, spurte
- spurtburst of speed or activity
- spurteTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Polish sprint, sprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
- sprintburst of speed or activity
- biec sprintemTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Portuguese sprint, esprinte
- sprintshort race at top speed
- esprinteshort race at top speed
- sprintburst of speed or activity
- sprintarTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Romanian sprint, sprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
- sprintburst of speed or activity
- sprintaTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Russian спринт
- спринт (sprint)short race at top speed
Slovak šprint, šprint
- šprintshort race at top speed
- šprintburst of speed or activity
- špurtburst of speed or activity
- šprintovaťTo run etc at top speed for a short period
- špurtovaťTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Spanish sprint, esprint
- sprintshort race at top speed
- esprintshort race at top speed
- sprintburst of speed or activity
- esprintburst of speed or activity
- esprintarTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Swedish sprinterlopp, sprinta
- sprinterloppshort race at top speed
- sprintaTo run etc at top speed for a short period
- spurtaTo run etc at top speed for a short period
Vietnamese chạy nước rút
- chạy nước rútshort race at top speed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sprint
Cite this entry
sprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprint
“sprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprint. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sprint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprint.
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