ejaculate

verb
/ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/UK/ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/US/ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/UK/ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.lət/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Borrowed from Latin ēiaculātus, perfect active participle of ēiaculor (“to hurl, shoot out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”).

  1. borrowed from ēiaculātus

Definitions

  1. To eject abruptly

    To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

    • The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference.
  2. To say abruptly.

    • Vigors almost bounded on the pavement at the mention of the name; and he ejaculated, "It is he of whom I am in search ! But why do you ask? Is it possible that—"
    • Lady Feng was at the moment having a little goodhumoured raillery with Yüan Yang, and was taken so much off her guard, that she was quite startled out of her senses. "Aiyah!" she ejaculated.
    • —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.
  3. To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body…

    To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. Of a human being or other mammal

      Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.

      • Men can ejaculate between 0.1 and 10 milliliters of semen on average.
      • With a groan, he ejaculated on his abdomen.
      • [I]n controlled studies some men have been observed to ejaculate but not have orgasm or have orgasm but are unable to ejaculate.
    2. To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.

      • Porn teaches men that sex is a completely selfish act, where the other party has no humanity, she only exists to ejaculate him. The only pleasure she has is in pleasuring him.
    3. Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body…

      Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

      • Female ejaculate is a clear liquid. Its consistency is akin to that of very light lubricant, but it is watery rather than slick. […] [B]oth women's and men's ejaculate is prostatic fluid (that is, both are created by the prostate).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA