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 a sudden force and rapid flight.
  • noun The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
  • noun The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
  • noun biology The forcible ejection of semen from the mammalian urethra, a reflex in response to sexual 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

  • 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

  • So how about that bonobo p enis fencing ending in ejaculation ….

    Think Progress » Lesbian Constance McMillen excluded from alternative prom organized by students’ parents. 2010

  • Oh and he thinks female ejaculation is icky, so that's gotta go to.

    "The Scooby Doo Model" tragic_elegance 2010

  • 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

  • I'm a gay man and therefore facial ejaculation is like second base to me.

    trust me, I'm a scientist amuchmoreexotic 2007

  • 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

  • In other words, What if my ejaculation is too powerful??

    How to use a condom? « oneduasan 2006

  • See, from my perspective, the ejaculation is just happy fun times.

    No Greater Love 2006

  • 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

  • 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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  • "A short exclamatory prayer." No, seriously.

    February 1, 2007

  • OH GOD!

    February 1, 2007

  • Yes, tank, it was an interesting day when I learned the OTHER meaning of the word. ;-)

    February 1, 2007

  • "Mrs Bennett's random ejaculations."

    Mrs Anderson during a Year 10 discussion of Pride and Prejudice.

    April 6, 2008