Ejaculation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• IPA: /iËŒdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/

Origin

From French éjaculation.

Full definition of ejaculation

Noun

1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
• Wodehouse Offing|XVI|She gaped at us dumbly for perhaps five seconds, then uttered an ejaculation, far from suitable to mixed company, which she had no doubt picked up from fellow-Nimrods in her hunting days.
3. The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
4. (biology) The forcible ejection of semen from the mammalian urethra, a reflex in response to sexual stimulation.