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gazelle

noun

ga·​zelle gə-ˈzel How to pronounce gazelle (audio)
plural gazelles also gazelle
: any of numerous small to medium graceful and swift African and Asian antelopes (Gazella and related genera)

Illustration of gazelle

Illustration of gazelle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Guys like Evan Neal will open up holes in the line to let Saquon Barkley run through the defense like a gazelle. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022 Extremely athletic, Watson can catch, block, and run like a gazelle. Cory Bonini, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 Over the course of nearly five years, a female gazelle in Mongolia completed a remarkable journey of at least 18,000 kilometers (11,185 miles). Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022 The cumulative distance traveled by this gazelle during the study period corresponded to almost half of the circumference of Earth’s equator. Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022 Hayden Pittman played in all 63 games of his career, beginning with UAB’s return to the field in 2017, and Gerrit Prince opened the playbook wider with his soft hands and gazelle-like speed. Evan Dudley, al, 6 Apr. 2022 The mountain gazelle, a dainty antelope with a striped face and spiraling horns, once roamed widely across the Middle East, and as Roman mosaics reveal, across southern Turkey as well. Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021 If that’s the case, Johnson’s play perhaps best mimics a gazelle, known for its swiftness and agility. Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021 Soon afterward, Oppenheim purchased a teacup, saucer and spoon and wrapped them in the fur of a Chinese gazelle. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from Arabic ghazāl

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gazelle was in 1600

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