Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To perform or create a speedrun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To do something or undergo some process as quickly as possible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, broadly
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
