What does "ejaculate" mean?
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.
Ejaculate
/ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: 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.
- Grammar: ejaculate is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: semen, seminal fluid, achieve satisfaction, blat.
- Useful contrasts: calmness, dryness, murmur.
- Usage evidence: She allows men to ejaculate inside her.
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Definitions
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. countable, uncountable
"If semen from two ejaculates obtained from one bull is mixed, and the conception rate for the mixed sample is compared with that obtained by the use of the two ejaculates independently, any tendency for the mixed sample's conception rate to be closer to that of either of the two individual ejaculates could be used as a sensitive measure of the relationship between the semen characteristics of the two ejaculates and conception rate."
- 2 the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract wordnet
Verb
- 1 To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly. transitive
"The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference."
- 2 eject semen wordnet
- 3 To say abruptly. dated, intransitive
"Vigors almost bounded on the pavement at the mention of the name; and he ejaculated, "It is he of whom I am in search ! But why do you ask? Is it possible that—""
- 4 utter impulsively wordnet
- 5 To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure. transitive
"The spermatophores begin to ejaculate immediately after leaving the penis and the whole process is completed in a very few seconds. Pulling the filament attached to the ejaculatory end of a spermatophore is all that is needed to start its ejaculation."
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- 6 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. intransitive, specifically, transitive
"Men can ejaculate between 0.1 and 10 milliliters of semen on average."
- 7 To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra. rare, transitive
"Porn teaches men that sex is a completely selfish act, where the other party has no humanity, she only exists to ejaculate him. The only pleasure she has is in pleasuring him."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"She allows men to ejaculate inside her."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ejaculate"?
Common synonyms include: semen, seminal fluid, achieve satisfaction, blat, blow a nut, blow one's load.
How do you use "ejaculate" in a sentence?
She allows men to ejaculate inside her.
How do you pronounce "ejaculate"?
Pronounced /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/.
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”).