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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sprint 
  n  :  a  quick  run  [syn:  {dash}] 
  v  :  run  very  fast  usually  for  a  short  distance 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [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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