• Ejaculate

    Pronunciation

    Verb
    • UK IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÊŠ.leɪt/
    • US enPR: Ä­jăʹkyÉ™lāt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÉ™.leɪt/
    Noun
    • UK IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÊŠ.lÉ™t/
    • US enPR: Ä­jăʹkyÉ™lÉ™t, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÉ™.lÉ™t/

    Origin

    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").

    Full definition of ejaculate

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) Of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.
    2. (transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
      • BlackmoreIts active rays ejaculated thence.
    3. (transitive) To say abruptly.
      • 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.

    Synonyms

    Noun

    ejaculate

    (plural ejaculates)
    1. Semen ejected during an ejaculation.
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