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ejaculate

USi-JAK-yuh-layt/ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/i-JAK-yuu-layt/ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/
As a nouni-JAK-yuh-luht

Verbejaculates, ejaculating, ejaculated

Noun pluralejaculates

5 meanings of ejaculate

Practice

  1. 1
    release in sexverbtransitive or intransitive
    Of a human or other mammal, to forcibly eject fluid such as semen from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation.

    Some patients taking the medication find that they cannot ejaculate at all.

    A healthy bull may ejaculate several milliliters of semen during collection.

    UsageUsually used without an object; when there is one, it names the fluid: ejaculate semen.

    Similarclimax

    Note

    Physiology keeps apart two things that everyday speech runs together: ejaculating is the release of fluid, not the climax, and some men ejaculate without orgasm or reach orgasm without being able to ejaculate.

    Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

    • Ejaculation is the release of fluid, physiologically distinguishable from orgasm. cancer.org
    • Some men ejaculate without experiencing orgasm. smsna.org
    • Some men experience orgasm despite being unable to ejaculate. smsna.org
  2. 2
    the fluidnouncountable or uncountable
    Fluid or other matter forcibly ejected from a duct or other body structure, especially semen, or the fluid some women release from the urethra, during ejaculation.

    Each ejaculate was examined under the microscope for sperm count and movement.

    Technicians diluted the bull's ejaculate before freezing it for artificial insemination.

    Similarsemen

    Note

    In the lab and the breeding barn the noun is countable: each ejaculate is a single sample, measured for volume and sperm count, and two ejaculates from one bull can be mixed and compared. In general and medical writing it is a mass noun for the fluid itself, male or female.

    Checked 30 Oct 2026 · 3 facts

    • Laboratory and breeding work treats ejaculates as individual samples assessed for volume and sperm count. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    • Two ejaculates from the same bull can be mixed. wwwi.vef.hr
    • Successive ejaculates from the same bull can be compared. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  3. 3
    say suddenlyverbdatedintransitive
    To say something abruptly, all at once.
    "We're not going to use magic?" Ron ejaculated loudly.
    2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    Vigors almost bounded on the pavement at the mention of the name; and he ejaculated, "It is he of whom I am in search ! But why do you ask? Is it possible that—"
    1857, George W[illiam] M[acArthur] Reynolds, The Empress Eugenie's Boudoir

    UsageNow sounds quaint or comic; exclaimed or blurted out is the plain choice.

    Similarexclaim, cry, blurt

    Note

    This is the dialogue tag of older fiction, used for a word or cry that bursts out: "Aiyah!" she ejaculated. It held on into modern novels: Joyce gives it to Mr Bloom in Ulysses, and J. K. Rowling to Ron in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but today it sounds quaint or comic, so blurted out or exclaimed is the plain choice.

    Checked 3 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

    • Older fiction uses 'ejaculated' as a dialogue tag for an abrupt utterance, including the quoted example. en.wiktionary.org
    • James Joyce uses 'ejaculated' as a dialogue tag for Mr Bloom in Ulysses. gutenberg.org
    • J. K. Rowling uses 'ejaculated' as a dialogue tag for Ron in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. en.wiktionary.org

Less common meanings

  1. 4
    verbraretransitive
    To stimulate someone sexually so that they release fluid from the urethra.
    Porn teaches men that sex is a completely selfish act, where the other party has no humanity, she only exists to ejaculate him. The only pleasure she has is in pleasuring him.
    1997, NoDoubt, “Women and Porn”
    Note

    Unlike the ordinary sexual verb, this one takes the person as its object: she only exists to ejaculate him, rather than he ejaculates.

    Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

    • The example wording is attested with the person as the object of "ejaculate". en.wiktionary.org
  2. 5
    verb
    To throw out a fluid or other substance suddenly and with force, especially from a duct or other part of the body.

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Origin

Latin iaciō ("to throw, to hurl") gave rise to iaculum ("a missile, a dart"), from which iaculor ("to throw, dart") was formed. Adding ē ("out") produced ēiaculor ("to hurl, shoot out"). English borrowed its perfect participle, ēiaculātus.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 7 facts