Antonyms for sprinter
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sprint |
| Phonetic Transcription : sprɪnt |
Definition of sprinter
Origin :- 1560s, "to spring, dart," from Old Norse spretta "to jump up." Meaning "to run a short distance at full speed" first recorded 1871. Related: Sprinted; sprinting.
- As in racer : noun competitor in a race
- As in runner : noun one who runs
- Emetic was the fastest sprinter there that day; a sprinter, not a stayer.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- Withrow, hearing this, was off like a sprinter who hears the signal.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Like a sprinter his volition was fixed on a goal, beyond which lay collapse.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- I was like a sprinter that breasts the tape, only to be carried fainting from the field.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Then he rose, crouchingly, next made a sprinter's start and bolted.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- "You're more of a sprinter than a shooter, if I'm any judge," said Locke.
- Extract from : « Isle o' Dreams » by Frederick F. Moore
- Can any sprinter, carrying the same weights, surpass this achievement?
- Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
- In this play he had to move and he proved he was no sprinter.
- Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin
- Indeed I was built more like a "quarter-miler" than a sprinter.
- Extract from : « At Start and Finish » by William Lindsey
- A sprinter may get into the Big League and never steal a base.
- Extract from : « Pitching in a Pinch » by Christy Mathewson
Synonyms for sprinter
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