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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EJAC'ULATE, v.t. [L. ejaculor, from jaculor, to throw or dart, jaculum, a dart, from jacio, to throw.]
To throw out; to cast; to shoot; to dart; as rays of light ejaculated.
It is now seldom used, except to express the utterance of a short prayer; as,he ejaculated a few words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v
1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate]
2: eject semen

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin ejaculatus, past participle of ejaculari to throw out, from e- + jaculari to throw, from jaculum dart, from jacere to throw — more at jet Date: 1578 transitive verb 1. to eject from a living body; specifically to eject (semen) in orgasm 2. to utter suddenly and vehemently intransitive verb to eject a fluid • ejaculator noun II. noun Date: 1927 the semen released by one ejaculation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. (also absol.) 1 utter suddenly (words esp. of prayer or other emotion). 2 eject (fluid etc., esp. semen) from the body. --n. semen that has been ejaculated from the body. Derivatives: ejaculation n. ejaculator n. ejaculatory adj. Etymology: L ejaculari to dart (as E-, jaculum javelin)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ejaculate E*jac"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [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. --Blackmore.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ejaculate E*jac"u*late, v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] ``Ejaculating to himself.'' --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ejaculates, ejaculating, ejaculated) When a man ejaculates, sperm comes out through his penis. ... a tendency to ejaculate quickly. VERB: V • ejaculation (ejaculations) Each male ejaculation will contain up to 300 million sperm. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Utter in an exclamation, utter briefly and suddenly. II. v. n. Cry or exclaim passionately or hurriedly.

Moby Thesaurus

achieve satisfaction, blat, blow out, blurt, blurt out, bolt, burst out, cast forth, climax, come, cry, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, eruct, erupt, exclaim, exhaust, expel, extravasate, get off, jet, outpour, pour, pour forth, pour out, reach orgasm, send forth, send out, spew, spout, spurt, squirt, throw out, yell