ejaculate
[ verb ih-jak-yuh-leyt; noun ih-jak-yuh-lit ]
/ verb ɪˈdʒæk yəˌleɪt; noun ɪˈdʒæk yə lɪt /
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verb (used with object), e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.
to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
to eject (semen).
to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.
verb (used without object), e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.
to eject semen.
noun
the semen emitted in an ejaculation.
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Origin of ejaculate
OTHER WORDS FROM ejaculate
un·e·jac·u·lat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby ejaculate
eisteddfod, either, either-or, Eivissa, EJ, ejaculate, ejaculation, ejaculatio praecox, ejaculatio precox, ejaculator, ejaculatory
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How to use ejaculate in a sentence
They were first observed in 1677 when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the Dutch inventor of one of the world’s first microscopes, took a look at his own ejaculate under magnification and noticed what he called “animalcules” swimming around in the sample.
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British Dictionary definitions for ejaculate
ejaculate
verb (ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪt)
to eject or discharge (semen) in orgasm
(tr) to utter abruptly; blurt out
noun (ɪˈdʒækjʊlɪt)
another word for semen
Derived forms of ejaculate
ejaculator, nounWord Origin for ejaculate
C16: from Latin ējaculārī to hurl out, from jaculum javelin, from jacere to throw
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Medical definitions for ejaculate
ejaculate
[ ĭ-jăk′yə-lāt′ ]
v.
To eject or discharge abruptly, especially to discharge semen in orgasm.
n.
Semen ejaculated in orgasm.
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