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plural sprints
A short race at top speed. examples
A burst of speed or activity. examples
(software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings. examples
third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt
(transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period. quotations examples
"So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton