ejaculate

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tractSynonyms: semenseedseminal fluidcumcome

Verb (2)

  1. utter impulsively“He blurted out the secret”“He blundered his stupid ideas”Synonyms: blurt outblurtblunder outblunder
  2. eject semen
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [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] [1913 Webster]

Its active rays ejaculated thence.— Blackmore.[1913 Webster]

2.To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer. [1913 Webster]


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

1.To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

2.to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus. [PJC]

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