speedrun
A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of…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.
» Tom drives like he's speedrunning.
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1 sensesA 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.
In the speedrun of Super Mario Bros. 3, Anonymous Jones finishes the whole game in just 11 minutes.
Speedrun
спидра́нspidrán
Examples
1 sentencesTom drives like he's speedrunning.
Translations
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Origin
From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th centFrom 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.
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