ejaculation
/ɪˌdʒakjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of ejecting semen from the body.
Synonyms
emission, ejection, discharge, release, expulsion, exudation, excretion, disgorgement
emission of semen;
climax, orgasm;
night emission
informal coming, wet dream
exclamation, interjection, cry, call, shout, yell, utterance
2 dated Something said quickly and suddenly.The pious ejaculations they contain, their allusions to the manners of the times, fix them to the fifteenth century....
- What people mostly remember are the cartoon ejaculations that appeared on screen, "Pow!"
- While certainly a lament, the ejaculation was also a rallying cry of sanity among the Irish voyagers.
- betrayer
- betroth
- betrothal
- betrothed
- betrothment
- Bettelheim, Bruno
- Bettendorf
- better
- betterance
- better dead than red (or better red than dead)
- betterer
- better half
- better-heeled
- bettering house
- betterish
- better late than never
- betterment
- bettermost
- betterness
- better off
- better-paid
- better safe than sorry
- better than
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better-to-do