sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
(noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; “a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)
(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
(uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
• (generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen
• (reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell
• (reproductive cell): gamete
sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed)
(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.
• PMSer, perms, prems
Source: Wiktionary
Sperm, n.Etym: [F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. Spore.] (Physiol.)
Definition: The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen. Sperm cell (Physiol.), one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed.
– Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.
Sperm, n.Etym: [Contr. fr. spermaceti.]
Definition: Spermaceti. Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale.
– Sperm whale. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
