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ejaculate

Pronunciation: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/

The English word “ejaculate” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
  2. To say abruptly.
  3. To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
  4. 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.
  5. To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

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”).

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