ejaculate
/i'dʤækjuleit/
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Definition
Verb:
- To eject semen from the body: To discharge semen from the male reproductive organ, typically during orgasm.
- To say something suddenly and briefly: To utter or exclaim something abruptly, often due to a strong emotion like surprise, pain, or excitement.
Noun:
- Semen: The thick, whitish fluid containing spermatozoa and secretions from the male reproductive glands, which is discharged during ejaculation.
Usage Examples
Verb (Biological sense):
- During sexual climax, males ejaculate.
- The process allows sperm to be ejaculated from the body.
Verb (Utterance sense):
- "Watch out!" he ejaculated as the car swerved.
- She ejaculated a cry of pain when she stubbed her toe.
Noun:
- The sample of ejaculate was analyzed in the lab.
- Fertility can depend on the quality and quantity of ejaculate.
Advanced Usage
- Medical/Biological Context: The term is used clinically to describe the physiological process of seminal emission.
- The study measured the force of ejaculation.
- Literary/Archaic Usage: The sense of "to exclaim" is now rare and can sound formal or old-fashioned in modern speech, often replaced by words like "blurt out" or "exclaim."
- "Never!" ejaculated the old man, rising from his chair.
Variants and Related Words
Ejaculation (n): The act or process of ejaculating.
- Premature ejaculation is a common concern.
- His sudden ejaculation of surprise made everyone turn.
Ejaculatory (adj): Relating to ejaculation.
- The ejaculatory ducts are part of the male anatomy.
Synonyms
- For the verb (to eject semen): Emit, discharge, release.
- For the verb (to utter suddenly): Exclaim, blurt (out), cry out, utter abruptly.
- For the noun (semen): Semen, seminal fluid, sperm (though "sperm" technically refers specifically to the cells within the fluid).
Related Phrases
- Ejaculate prematurely: To ejaculate sooner than desired during sexual activity.
- Some therapies can help men who ejaculate prematurely.
- No common phrasal verbs are formed directly with "ejaculate."
Related Idioms
- No common idioms directly incorporate the word "ejaculate." The word itself, especially in its utterance sense, can sometimes be used for dramatic effect in narrative to indicate a sudden, forceful statement.
Noun
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Verb
- eject semen
- utter impulsively
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas