speedrun

[ speed-ruhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(in a video game) a session or instance of play in which the goal is to finish the game or level, or meet another game-play objective, as quickly as possible:
Can you beat a 45-minute speedrun of Super Mario?

verb (used with object)

to play (a video game) with such a goal:
She tried to speedrun the dungeon without fighting any ghouls.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of speedrun¹

First recorded in 2000–05; speed ( def ) + run ( def )

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Example Sentences

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Although the series was a fun family hit, speedrunning has a dedicated community built around it.

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Similar to running in real life, speedrunning involves extensive periods of solitude and painstaking labor.

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There’s also a new speedrunning mode and more challenging difficulty, but I haven’t played around with those yet.

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It’s not 24 hours of wall-to-wall speedrunning with breaks taking place at night for sleep, but the stream will still run, mimicking the strange but fascinating rise of “sleep streams.”

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GDQ issued a statement on the ban saying, “This is absolutely unacceptable and attempts to undermine the integrity of the speedrunning community that we love and support.”

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speed-read speed shop

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