English Explanatory Dictionary

gazelle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
verb
  1. To leap like a gazelle.
  2. To go fast; to speed; to rush.
name
  1. A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/ɡəˈzɛl/ en-uk-gazelle.ogg

Word forms

gazelle gazelles gazel gazelling gazelled

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Middle French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).

Derived words

addra gazelle Arabian gazelle Arabian sand gazelle ariel gazelle black-tailed gazelle Clarke's gazelle Cuvier's gazelle dama gazelle dorcas gazelle Eritrean gazelle Erlanger's gazelle gazelle in the garden gazelle on the lawn gazellelike giraffe gazelle goitered gazelle Grant's gazelle Heuglin's gazelle Indian gazelle mhorr gazelle Mongalla gazelle Mongolian gazelle mountain gazelle Neumann's gazelle Palestine mountain gazelle Przewalski's gazelle red-fronted gazelle rhim gazelle Robert's gazelle sand gazelle slender-horned gazelle Soemmerring's gazelle Speke's gazelle Thomson's gazelle Tibetan gazelle true gazelle Waller's gazelle
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