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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)