speedrun
[ speed-ruhn ]
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.
Origin of speedrun
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How to use speedrun in a sentence
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.
What happens when Twitch ends a community? Ask the streamers of ‘Twitch Sings.’ | Michael Koczwara | October 28, 2021 | Washington Post
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