ejaculate
Americanverb (used with object)
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ejaculates,
present (3rd person singular)
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ejaculated,
past participle, past
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ejaculating
present participle
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to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
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to eject (semen).
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to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.
verb (used without object)
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ejaculates,
present (3rd person singular)
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ejaculated,
past participle, past
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ejaculating
present participle
noun
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ejaculates
plural
verb
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to eject or discharge (semen) in orgasm
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(tr) to utter abruptly; blurt out
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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ejaculatesimple
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ejaculatessimple
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have ejaculatedperfect
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has ejaculatedperfect
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am ejaculatingprogressive
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are ejaculatingprogressive
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is ejaculatingprogressive
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have been ejaculatingperfect progressive
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has been ejaculatingperfect progressive
Past
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ejaculatedsimple
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had ejaculatedperfect
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was ejaculatingprogressive
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were ejaculatingprogressive
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had been ejaculatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of ejaculate
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin ējaculātus “thrown out,” past participle of ējaculārī “to shoot out, throw out,” from ē- e- 1 + jacul(um) “javelin” (from jac(ere) “to throw” + -ulum -ule ) + -ārī, infinitive suffix
Example Sentences
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For one thing, the genes of breeding bulls are well understood, and for another, breeding organisations obtain ejaculate from the animals twice a week as part of normal operations.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
A vasectomy involves cutting and sealing the tube that carries sperm, preventing it from entering ejaculate fluid.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
We don’t know if the new coronavirus is present in vaginal secretions or ejaculate, but it has been identified in stool.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2020
According to Delgado, she’s never heard of a case where a neutered cat produced ejaculate from this type of behavior.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2019
“The black-hearted brute!” was all that Kenrick could ejaculate, as he paced up and down his study with agitated steps.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
We found that men who performed fewer mate guarding behaviors produced higher quality ejaculates, having a greater concentration of sperm, a higher percentage of motile sperm and sperm that swam faster and less erratically.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
Scarcely has he recovered consciousness when he stares about him and ejaculates again & again, 'I've no more pain!
From Time Magazine Archive
Some one has remarked, I think, that though Paul ejaculates, "God forbid," his fears were well founded and have been widely realised.
From My Path to Atheism by Annie Wood Besant
“How!” ejaculates this being, peering curiously at the three.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
Ah!" ejaculates the latter, with an exultant air, as of a spider that sees a fly upon the edge of its web, "Glad, Marie, to find you so employed!
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Researchers found that men with higher levels of both short- and long-term stress and anxiety ejaculated less semen and had lower sperm concentration and counts.
From Reuters ● Feb. 20, 2013
In men who have not ejaculated for a week or longer, the sperm stored in the testes begin to degrade and die out, leading to lower fertility.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011
"I don't know the front of a ship from the back," he ejaculated to his civilian assistant and Man Friday, Lewis Compton, when he first took the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the South minor absurdities are soon laughed, or ejaculated, out of existence.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Ah!” ejaculated the musician, neither surprised nor especially interested.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
He refers to the habit common to all Muhammadans of ejaculating, "We take refuge in God."
From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Claud Field
The crowd surged round them, struggling to see his picture, ejaculating banal words of admiration.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
She knelt, with tender reverence, by her side, inwardly ejaculating, Sleep on, my angel sister!
From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
"Pas possible, mademoiselle," he kept on ejaculating, "pas possible, comment faire cuisine?"
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
Laboriously the good woman stepped from door-stone to threshold, and voluminously filling the wooden rocker which Mrs. Weston offered her, she fanned herself with her handkerchief, ejaculating between gasps 151 for breath, “Lor’ me!
From Randy's Summer A Story for Girls by Amy Brooks
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