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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ejaculation \E*jac'u*la"tion\, noun [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.
2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing. --Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ejaculation
noun
1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: {interjection}]
2: the discharge of semen in males
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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