A gazelle is a type of small African or Asian deer. Gazelles move very quickly and gracefully.
gazelle in British English
(ɡəˈzɛl)
nounWord forms: plural-zelles or -zelle
any small graceful usually fawn-coloured antelope of the genera Gazella and Procapra, of Africa and Asia, such as G. thomsoni (Thomson's gazelle)
Derived forms
gazelle-like (gaˈzelle-ˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Old French, from Arabic ghazāl
gazelle in American English
(gəˈzɛl)
nounWord forms: pluralgaˈzelles or gaˈzelle
any of various small, swift, graceful antelopes (esp. genera Gazella and Procapra) of Africa, the Near East, and Asia with spirally twisted, backward-pointing horns and large, lustrous eyes