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speedrun

[ speed-ruhn ]

noun

  1. (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)

  1. 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

In something of a speedrun, he performed each song as a duet with a different member of the game’s tightknit community of streamers, pushing Geritz’s average viewer count from 55 to over 700.

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