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NOCTURNAL EMISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nocturnal emission mean?
• NOCTURNAL EMISSION (noun)
The noun NOCTURNAL EMISSION has 1 sense:
1. ejaculation during sleep (usually during a dream)
Familiarity information: NOCTURNAL EMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ejaculation during sleep (usually during a dream)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("nocturnal emission" is a kind of...):
ejaculation (the discharge of semen in males)
Holonyms ("nocturnal emission" is a part of...):
wet dream (an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen)
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