Illustration of gazelle
plural gazelles also gazelle
: any of numerous small to medium graceful and swift African and Asian antelopes (Gazella and related genera)
Examples of gazelle in a Sentence
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Six-legged gazelle spotted in Israel Does debt relief work?
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
Throughout the animal kingdom, from tiny gnats to fish, birds, gazelles, even primates like us, creatures tend to organize into large moving patterns that pursue a seemingly spontaneous collective goal.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Question 8 of 10 Dama gazelles have pretty cool headgear.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
And animals as wild and wide-ranging as monkeys, crocodiles, and gazelles played a part in the pet culture of ancient Egypt.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
How so? Dama gazelle, or addra gazelle Sahel is a shy dama gazelle.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Very Troubled Child has also come out with Wes Anderson–inspired luggage that's part of its Savanna collection, featuring tanned luggage, iPad cases, and wallets with gazelles, lions, and warthogs embroidered on them.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2023
There’s no room to pity the gazelles who must tiptoe around him.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
Habitat loss has pushed the dama gazelle to the fringes of the sub-Saharan desert.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
Throughout the animal kingdom, from tiny gnats to fish, birds, gazelles, even primates like us, creatures tend to organize into large moving patterns that pursue a seemingly spontaneous collective goal.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Question 8 of 10 Dama gazelles have pretty cool headgear.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
And animals as wild and wide-ranging as monkeys, crocodiles, and gazelles played a part in the pet culture of ancient Egypt.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
How so? Dama gazelle, or addra gazelle Sahel is a shy dama gazelle.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Very Troubled Child has also come out with Wes Anderson–inspired luggage that's part of its Savanna collection, featuring tanned luggage, iPad cases, and wallets with gazelles, lions, and warthogs embroidered on them.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2023
There’s no room to pity the gazelles who must tiptoe around him.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
Habitat loss has pushed the dama gazelle to the fringes of the sub-Saharan desert.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from Arabic ghazāl
First Known Use
1600, in the meaning defined above
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“Gazelle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gazelle. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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gazelle
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ga·zelle
gə-ˈzel 
plural gazelles also gazelle
: any of numerous small graceful swift antelopes of Africa and Asia
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