ejaculate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ēiaculātus, perfect passive participle of ēiaculor (“hurl, shoot out”), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb
- (UK) IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/ X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.jU.leIt/
- (US) enPR: ĭjăʹkyəlāt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jə.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.j@.leIt/
Noun
- (UK) IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.jU.l@t/
- (US) enPR: ĭjăʹkyələt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jə.lət/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.j@.l@t/
Verb [edit]
ejaculate (third-person singular simple present ejaculates, present participle ejaculating, simple past and past participle ejaculated)
- (intransitive) Of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.
- (transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
- Blackmore
- Its active rays ejaculated thence.
- Blackmore
- (transitive) To say abruptly.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16
- --Half a crown, Stephen responded. I daresay he needs it to sleep somewhere.
- --Needs! Mr Bloom ejaculated, professing not the least surprise at the intelligence, I can quite credit the assertion and I guarantee he invariably does.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16
Synonyms [edit]
- (eject semen): bust a nut, come, cream, cum, pop, spoof, sprog, spurt, shoot off (all slang)
- (eject vaginal fluid): come, cream, cum, squirt, flood, (all slang)
- (eject abruptly): eject, throw out
- (say abruptly): blurt out
- See also Wikisaurus:ejaculate
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Translations [edit]
eject semen or vaginal fluid
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eject abruptly
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say abruptly
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Noun [edit]
ejaculate (plural ejaculates)
- Semen ejected during an ejaculation.
Translations [edit]
the liquid ejected during ejaculation
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External links [edit]
- ejaculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ejaculate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911