EJACULATE

semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come

(noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

ejaculate

(verb) eject semen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

ejaculate (third-person singular simple present ejaculates, present participle ejaculating, simple past and past participle ejaculated)

(transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

Synonyms: eject, throw out

(intransitive) To say abruptly.

Synonym: blurt out

(biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

(specifically, transitive and intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.

Synonym: Thesaurus:ejaculate

Noun

ejaculate (countable and uncountable, plural ejaculates)

Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

Source: Wiktionary


E*jac"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] Etym: [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]

1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. [Archaic or Technical] Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore.

2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

E*jac"u*late, v. i.

Definition: To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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