verb
ejaculate
ih-JAK-yuu-layt
verb
1
To release semen or vaginal fluid from the body during sexual climax.
"Most men ejaculate during orgasm."
2
(dated) To say something suddenly and abruptly.
""Impossible!" he ejaculated, dropping the letter."
noun
1
The fluid released during ejaculation, especially semen.
"The lab analyzed a sample of the ejaculate."
How to Use Ejaculate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo release semen during orgasm, or (in older writing) to blurt something out suddenly.
When to use it
The "blurt out" sense is now old-fashioned and rarely used; in modern English the word is understood almost entirely in the sexual/physiological sense.
Word Forms
ejaculated past tense, ejaculates plural, ejaculates singular
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Etymology
From Latin eiaculari ("to throw out, dart"), from e- ("out") + iaculari ("to hurl"), related to iacere ("to throw").