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
The clinic could not find any gametes, or sperm, in her ejaculate, even though she had stopped taking her hormones 10 months earlier.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
A vasectomy involves cutting and sealing the tube that carries sperm, preventing it from entering ejaculate fluid.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
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
If it be summer, there should be a lump of ice in the crystal goblet; and the connoisseur will always hold it between him and the sunlight before imbibition, and ejaculate, "There's a picture!"
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
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
Duelling was prevalent—one of the sincerities of human life which bursts through the thickest quilted formulas, as Carlyle ejaculates.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
“Oh heavens!” faintly ejaculates the distressed fair one; “I can never do it!”
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
"Oh," ejaculates Miss Murray, with a regretful emphasis, "the mail has not come in yet?"
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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
"God knows," ejaculated Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, "taxes are high enough now."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, I'm against that rule," ejaculated Mr. Watson, compromising by standing facing into a corner, so that Mr. Fess and the Vice President might each see his profile.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Ah!” ejaculated the musician, neither surprised nor especially interested.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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
Miss Louisa took a small ivory crucifix from her bosom, kissed it, and crossed herself, while ejaculating audible aspirations for patience.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
He does not go far before a young lady hurries after him, and hunts up and down as if looking for something, ejaculating all the time, “How my children are crying in England!”
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
A shivering like that of an ague-fit again shook the agitated Elinor, who, ejaculating, 'What farce is this?—Fool! fool! shall I thus sleepily be duped?' looked keenly around for her lost weapon.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 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
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