sprint

sprint
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. run, dash; speed, rush; bolt, dart, tear, hotfoot (inf.). See velocity, contention.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. burst of speed, dash, supreme effort; see race 3 .
v.
Syn. rush, dash, work at top speed; see race 1 , run 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
run, race, *go full out, dash, *run like hell, *beat feet, tear, rush, *hotfoot. see run
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride: run, scamper, scurry. See MOVE. 2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festi-nate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal: hotfoot; rip. Slang: barrel, highball. Chiefly British: nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE.

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