gazelle /ɡəˈzɛl/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •(figurative) To leap like a gazelle.The biplane gazelled into the air. — 1982 •(figurative) To go fast; to speed; to rush.Nadezhda and I biked over together, me dressed in colonial whites, trundling along with other cyclists gazelling by me on both sides […] — 1990 noun1 •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.“One does not judge the gazelle by the lions that attack it,” replied Tarzan. — 1913 formsgazelled · gazelling · gazelles
