Meaning

2 senses

  1. (figuratively, intransitive)To leap like a gazelle.

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To go fast; to speed; to rush.

Examples

192 sentences

  1. Some gazelles live in the mountains.

    ruНекоторые газели живут в горах.

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  2. Mennad wrote an article about gazelles.

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  3. Still no sign of any gazelle.

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  4. Ziri got closer to the gazelle.

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  5. That wasn't at all a gazelle.

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Middle French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال

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

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Forms

gazelles, gazelling, gazelled, gazelled
Base formgazelle · to gazelle
3rd person singulargazelles
Present participlegazelling
Past simplegazelled
Past participlegazelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygazelle
he, she, itgazelles

Past simpleLesson

all personsgazelled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gazelled
he, she, ithas gazelled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gazelle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gaydargazeB2gazebogearB2gearbox
gazelle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto