sprint

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sprint/sprɪnt/

▶verb run at full speed over a short distance. ▶noun an act or spell of sprinting.

■ a short, fast race run over a distance of 400 metres or less.

■ a short, fast race in cycling, horse racing, etc.

– derivatives
sprinter noun,
sprinting noun.

– origin C18 (as a dial. term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): rel. to Swed. spritta.