Ejaculate
Pronunciation
Verb- UK IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/
- US enPR: ÄjăʹkyÉ™lÄt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÉ™.leɪt/
- UK IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/
- US enPR: ÄjăʹkyÉ™lÉ™t, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jÉ™.lÉ™t/
Origin
From Latin Ä“iaculÄtus, perfect passive participle of Ä“iaculor ("hurl, shoot out"), from Ä“ ("out") + iaculor ("throw, dart"), from iaculum ("a missile, a dart"), from iaciÅ ("to throw, to hurl").
Full definition of ejaculate
Verb
- (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.
- BlackmoreIts active rays ejaculated thence.
- (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.