Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To eject or discharge abruptly, especially to discharge (semen) in orgasm.
- v. To utter suddenly and passionately; exclaim.
- v. To eject semen.
- n. The semen discharged in an ejaculation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To throw out; cast forth; shoot out; dart. [Archaic, except in technical use.]
- To utter as an exclamation, or in an exclamatory manner; utter suddenly and briefly: as, to ejaculate a cry or a prayer.
- To utter ejaculations; speak in an abrupt, exclamatory manner.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive Of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.
- v. transitive To eject abruptly
- v. transitive To say abruptly.
- n. Semen ejected during an ejaculation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. Archaic or Technical To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.
- v. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse.
- v. rare To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
- v. to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.
WordNet 3.0
- v. utter impulsively
- v. eject semen
- n. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Etymologies
- 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"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin ēiaculārī, ēiaculāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + iaculārī, to throw (from iaculum, dart; see yē- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Would expenses include removal of said monkey ejaculate from the Arizona mansion?”
“The freezing process, the doctor explained, "wipes the blazes" out of a sperm sample (ejaculate is split into a dozen samples, each of which is mixed with antifreeze-like chemical solutions before being stored at — 196° Celsius).”
““… but making the monkeys ejaculate is mandatory for success on the show.””
“It's not about avoiding an awkward classroom moment, or they would have removed the word "ejaculate" from Victorian novels, where everybody is always ejaculating about everything.”
The Washington Post: Why a new edition of Huckleberry Finn is wrong to remove the N-word
“I also occasionally use the word "ejaculate" in the verbal and completely non-sexual sense.”
“I mean 'ejaculate' is still defined as:"to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim." according to my dictionary.”
“Alexandra Petri at The Washington Post: It's not about avoiding an awkward classroom moment, or they would have removed the word "ejaculate" from Victorian novels, where everybody is always ejaculating about everything.”
“Then he continued his verbal diarrhea on the show, using the words 'ejaculate' and”
“First thing I read of Farmer's was a short story about a werewolf, and, if memory serves, it was also the first time I read the word "ejaculate" in the non-speech sense of the word.”
“Plus, Lehrer's article was completely tame and had no explicit content (that is, unless the word "ejaculate" causes you to get the vapors).”
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Tweets
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shevek Perhaps it was an unsuccessful innuendo? Sep 25, 2008
chained_bear I don't think ejaculate, the verb meaning "eject semen," is particularly oral. Sep 23, 2008
ebowen Both definitions relate to something oral. Sep 23, 2008
chained_bear Then you might enjoy this list. Sep 22, 2008
wackyvorlon I far prefer the non-sexual use of this word. I find it a delight when I find this in a victorian work. Sep 22, 2008