sprinting

Meaning of sprinting

noun
  1. the competitive athletic sport of running distances of 400 metres or less.
    the year turned out to be a great one for British sprinting
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. run at full speed over a short distance.
    I saw Charlie sprinting through the traffic towards me

late 18th century (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta .

Information about sprinting

  • The plural form of sprinting is: sprintings.
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Hyphenation of sprinting

sprint-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • sprinting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sprinting synonyms

Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:

run

Meaning move or progress swiftly or at full speed:

race

Meaning move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:

dart

Meaning move with urgent haste:

rush

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning move or travel hurriedly:

hasten

Meaning move or act with great haste:

hurry

Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:

scurry

Meaning a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire:

scuttle

Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:

scamper

Meaning run with great speed:

hare

Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:

bolt

Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:

bound

Meaning (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings:

fly

Meaning (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop:

gallop

Meaning move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way:

career

Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:

charge

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow:

shoot

Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:

hurtle

Meaning move quickly:

speed

Meaning move very fast in a specified direction:

streak

Meaning move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound:

whizz

Meaning move or travel very quickly:

zoom

Meaning shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way:

flash

Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:

tear

Meaning run somewhere very quickly:

pelt

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning rush or dash in a specified direction:

belt

Meaning move at high speed:

zip

Meaning move fast or suddenly in a specified direction:

whip

Meaning move very quickly:

bomb

Meaning dance to pop or rock music:

boogie

Meaning drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control:

barrel

Meaning display (a notice) in a public place:

post

Meaning go quickly:

hie

sprinting antonyms

Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:

walk

Anagrams of sprinting

printings

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