ejaculate
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)ejaculated, ejaculating
Noun (1)
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tractSynonyms: semenseedseminal fluidcumcomeType of liquid body substance, bodily fluidKinds milt, creampieParts sperm, sperm cell
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E·jac′u·late transitive verb [past tense & past participle Ejaculated; present participle & verbal noun Ejaculating.]
Origin: L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.
1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. Archaic or Technical
Its active rays ejaculated thence.— Sir Richard Blackmore
2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
E·jac′u·late intransitive verb
1. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. rare “Ejaculating to himself.” Sir Walter Scott
2. to eject semen; — of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors