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
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
Those who favoured boxer shorts had on average 64.7m sperm per millilitre and 168m sperm per ejaculate.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2018
I cannot picture such a mariner to myself as having the spirit to ejaculate, "Shiver my timbers!"
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
“Oh! no, no!” ejaculates the humane youth, horrified at the thought of such cruelty, “anything but that, Caspar.”
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney
"Ah-h-h!" ejaculates Mr. Wedron; "and you have not found the letter?"
From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch
"Respect women, good Lord!" ejaculates Usk in his solitude.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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
When Jim Ferguson heard that Moody had accepted the challenge, he threw up his hands and ejaculated: "Dan is a blowed-up sucker and a gone fawnskin!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Out on the golf course while the inauguration was going on he ejaculated, "This is the life!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Then flinging herself upon the uncomfortable sofa she said, Mademoiselle, I am going to move away from my house on Esplanade Street” “Ah!” ejaculated the musician, neither surprised nor especially interested.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Mrs. Hunt put her arms round the two children who were pressing against her in their eagerness: whereupon Michael raised a wrathful howl and flung himself bodily upon them, ejaculating: "Wants to be hugged, too!"
From Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce
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
What is this new creed of yours? we can fancy the hon. and gallant member for Loamshire ejaculating.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
"I am so glad you haven't," Lady Gore couldn't help ejaculating.
From The Arbiter A Novel by Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell
She turned sick; she nearly fainted; she shrunk from her hand with horrour; yet strove to recover her courage, by ejaculating a fervent prayer.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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