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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EJACULA'TION, n. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight; as the ejaculation of light. [This sense is nearly obsolete.]
1. The uttering of a short prayer; or a short occasional prayer uttered.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: ejaculation, interjection]
2: the discharge of semen in males

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1603 1. an act of ejaculating; specifically a sudden discharging of a fluid from a duct 2. something ejaculated; especially a short sudden emotional utterance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ejaculation E*jac`u*la"tion, n. [Cf. F. ['e]jaculation.] 1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] ``An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye.'' --Bacon. 2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered. In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing. --Jer. Taylor. 3. (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see ejaculate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Exclamation, brief and sudden utterance, ecphonesis.

Moby Thesaurus

blowout, blurt, discharge, disgorgement, ecphonesis, effusion, egestion, ejection, elimination, emission, eructation, eruption, exclamation, excretion, expletive, expulsion, extravasation, extrusion, exudation, flow, flux, jet, outburst, outpour, secretion, spout, spurt, squirt, transudation