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EJACULATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter impulsively

Example:

He blundered his stupid ideas

Synonyms:

blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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)

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 Context examples: 

When she had administered these restoratives, as I was still quite hysterical, and unable to control my sobs, she put me on the sofa, with a shawl under my head, and the handkerchief from her own head under my feet, lest I should sully the cover; and then, sitting herself down behind the green fan or screen I have already mentioned, so that I could not see her face, ejaculated at intervals, Mercy on us! letting those exclamations off like minute guns.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Strange indeed!" I could not help ejaculating.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“What on earth does this mean?” I ejaculated after I had twice read over the extraordinary announcement.

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

“The key!” ejaculated Phelps.

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

"Go!" ejaculated Miss Ingram, and the man went.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Not the Countess of Morcar’s blue carbuncle!” I ejaculated.

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

“My dear Holmes!” I ejaculated.

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

"Gratitude!" he ejaculated; and added wildly—"Jane accept me quickly. Say, Edward—give me my name—Edward—I will marry you."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"At Thornfield Hall!" ejaculated the clergyman.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"What, me!" I ejaculated, beginning in his earnestness—and especially in his incivility—to credit his sincerity: me who have not a friend in the world but you—if you are my friend: not a shilling but what you have given me?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)