noun
Meaning 1
One who sprints.
A person who runs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sprinter
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈspɹɪn.tə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈspɹɪn.tɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪntə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S P R IH1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who sprints.
A competitive cyclist who can finish a race by accelerating rapidly.
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noun
Meaning 3
A sprint car.
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noun
Meaning 4
The transition period between winter and spring: late winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A British diesel multiple unit of class 150, 153, 155, 156, 158 or 159.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
someone who runs a short distance at top speed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: runner
Narrower terms: Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis
History
Etymology
From sprint + -er.
Blend of spring + winter.
From sprinter.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спринтьо́р (sprintjór) — one who sprints
- Czech: sprinter — one who sprints
- Greek: σπρίντερ (sprínter) — one who sprints
- Japanese: スプリンター (supurintā) — one who sprints
- Korean: 스프린터 (seupeurinteo) — one who sprints
- Polish: sprinter — one who sprints
- Polish: sprinterka — one who sprints
- Romanian: sprinter — one who sprints
- Romanian: sprinteră — one who sprints
- Russian: спри́нтер (sprínter) — one who sprints
- Serbo-Croatian: спри̏нтер — one who sprints
- Serbo-Croatian: спри̏нтерица — one who sprints
- Serbo-Croatian: sprȉnter — one who sprints
- Serbo-Croatian: sprȉnterica — one who sprints
- Spanish: velocista — one who sprints
- Spanish: esprínter — one who sprints
- Walloon: sprinteu — one who sprints
- Belarusian: прадвесне (pradvjesnje) — late winter
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