sprint
n. countablen. a short race where you run as fast as you can. It also means a short period of very hard work to finish a project quickly.
n. a short-distance race run at maximum speed. In project management contexts, it refers to a fixed period of time during which specific tasks must be completed.
He won the hundred-meter sprint easily.
The development team finished the new features during a two-week sprint before the product launch.
The final sprint toward the finish line required an immense burst of anaerobic energy that left the athletes gasping for air.
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European sprend-, sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Commonly used with the verb 'do' or 'run' in sports, and 'complete' or 'finish' in business contexts.