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speedrunning

/ˈspiːdɹʌnɪŋ/

speedrunning is the present participle and gerund of speedrun.

Meaning of speedrun

Verb

speedrun (third-person singular simple present speedruns, present participle speedrunning, simple past speedran or speedrunned, past participle speedrun)

  1. (ambitransitive) To perform or create a speedrun.
    • In my most recent attempt to speedrun this game, I almost managed to beat the world record.
  2. (Internet, broadly) To do something or undergo some process as quickly as possible.
    • John decided to speedrun his trip to the grocery store.

See all 3 meanings of speedrun

Noun

speedrunning (uncountable)

  1. The practice of making speedruns.

Questions about speedrunning

What does speedrunning mean?
Speedrunning means the practice of making speedruns.
What is speedrunning the present participle and gerund of?
Speedrunning is the present participle and gerund of speedrun.
What part of speech is speedrunning?
Speedrunning is a noun.
How do you pronounce speedrunning?
Speedrunning is pronounced /ˈspiːdɹʌnɪŋ/.

Words near speedrunning in the dictionary

  1. speedrun
  2. speedrunnable
  3. speedrunned
  4. speedrunner
  5. speedrunners
  6. speedrunning
  7. speedruns
  8. speeds
  9. speeds of light
  10. speeds up
  11. speedshift

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Adapted from Wiktionary: speedrunning (page history and authors); speedrun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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