ejaculation
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- The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
- The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
- The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct or other body structure.
- A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.
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From French éjaculation, borrowed from Latin ēiaculārī.
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