ejaculation

3 definitions found

ejaculation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ejaculation \E*jac`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]jaculation.]
     1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and
        rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] "An ejaculation or
        irradiation of the eye." --Bacon.
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     2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or
        the exclamation or prayer uttered.
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              In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to
              the several actions of dressing.      --Jer. Taylor.
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     3. (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a
        fluid from a duct.
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ejaculation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ejaculation
      n 1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn:
           ejaculation, interjection]
      2: the discharge of semen in males

ejaculation - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "ejaculation":
     blowout, blurt, discharge, disgorgement, ecphonesis, effusion,
     egestion, ejection, elimination, emission, eructation, eruption,
     exclamation, excretion, expletive, expulsion, extravasation,
     extrusion, exudation, flow, flux, jet, outburst, outpour,
     secretion, spout, spurt, squirt, transudation