Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of ejaculating.
- noun An abrupt discharge of fluid.
- noun The expulsion of seminal fluid from the urethra of the penis during orgasm.
- noun A sudden short exclamation, especially a brief pious utterance or prayer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of throwing or shooting out; a darting or casting forth.
- noun The uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases; that which is so uttered.
- noun Specifically, in physiology, the emission of semen; a seminal discharge: as, the vessels of ejaculation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic or Technical The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
- noun The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
- noun (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
throwing or darting out with asudden force and rapid flight. - noun The
uttering of a short, suddenexclamation orprayer , or the exclamation or prayer uttered. - noun The act of
ejecting or suddenly throwing, as afluid from aduct . - noun biology The
forcible ejection ofsemen from themammalian urethra , areflex in response tosexual stimulation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- noun the discharge of semen in males
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Examples
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But for my beleaguered sperm, the ejaculation is the starting gun to a Running Man-style marathon to the death, where only one can triumph ...
No Greater Love 2006
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So how about that bonobo p enis fencing ending in ejaculation ….
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Oh and he thinks female ejaculation is icky, so that's gotta go to.
"The Scooby Doo Model" tragic_elegance 2010
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The emission phase of ejaculation is under the control of the sympathetic nervous system, which of course has lots of adrenergic receptors.
Boing Boing 2008
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I'm a gay man and therefore facial ejaculation is like second base to me.
trust me, I'm a scientist amuchmoreexotic 2007
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I'm a gay man and therefore facial ejaculation is like second base to me.
All answers go into "the vault" - trust me, I'm a scientist amuchmoreexotic 2007
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In other words, What if my ejaculation is too powerful??
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See, from my perspective, the ejaculation is just happy fun times.
No Greater Love 2006
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First off, Hearden questions PZ's credibility because of his tagline: "Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal"; OK, I might be able to understand why a Bible-believing fellow like Hearden would object to the word ejaculation, but how about the Answer In Genesis tagline: "Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse".
Dikika Hominid Revisited Devolving Into Tiktaalik Revisited Christopher O'Brien 2006
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First off, Hearden questions PZ's credibility because of his tagline: "Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal"; OK, I might be able to understand why a Bible-believing fellow like Hearden would object to the word ejaculation, but how about the Answer In Genesis tagline: "Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse".
Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006
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reesetee commented on the word ejaculation
"A short exclamatory prayer." No, seriously.
February 1, 2007
tankexmortis commented on the word ejaculation
OH GOD!
February 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ejaculation
Yes, tank, it was an interesting day when I learned the OTHER meaning of the word. ;-)
February 1, 2007
frindley commented on the word ejaculation
"Mrs Bennett's random ejaculations."
Mrs Anderson during a Year 10 discussion of Pride and Prejudice.
April 6, 2008