EJACULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ejaculate mean? 

• EJACULATE (noun)
  The noun EJACULATE has 1 sense:

1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

  Familiarity information: EJACULATE used as a noun is very rare.

• EJACULATE (verb)
  The verb EJACULATE has 2 senses:

1. utter impulsively

2. eject semen

  Familiarity information: EJACULATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EJACULATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

come; cum; ejaculate; seed; semen; seminal fluid

Hypernyms ("ejaculate" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "ejaculate"):

sperm; sperm cell; spermatozoan; spermatozoon (the male reproductive cell; the male gamete)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ejaculate"):

milt (seminal fluid produced by male fish)

Derivation:

ejaculate (eject semen)

• EJACULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ejaculate    ... he / she / it ejaculates   
Past simple: ejaculated   
Past participle: ejaculated   
-ing form: ejaculating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter impulsively

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate

Context example:

He blundered his stupid ideas

Hypernyms (to "ejaculate" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

ejaculation (an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion)

ejaculator (a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eject semen

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "ejaculate" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

ejaculate (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)

ejaculation (the discharge of semen in males)

ejaculator (a man who ejaculates semen)

 Context examples 

Poor Mr. Edward! he ejaculated, I little thought ever to have seen it!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There was an interval of silence, only broken by Miss Betsey's occasionally ejaculating “Ha!” as she sat with her feet upon the fender.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“What can he want?” I ejaculated, as a man stepped out of it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“What on earth has that to do with it?” I ejaculated.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Now wouldn't that rattle you?" he ejaculated under his breath.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Surely the gate was open!” ejaculated Phelps.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Some one else!” he ejaculated.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"My prayers are heard!" ejaculated St. John.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“It was a confession,” I ejaculated.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Joseph!” ejaculated Phelps.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)