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/idʒˌækjulˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Ejaculation n.

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. (Archaic or Technical) "An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye."

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."

(Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

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"Ejaculation" Quotes from Famous Books

... every ejaculation bestowing a vigorous kick. At a reasonably safe distance in his rear was the Chaplain, in half undress also, remonstrating as coolly as possible,—considering that the stove was his property. The Doctor did not refrain, however, until its badly battered ...

— Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals - As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac • William H. Armstrong

... the books; but Margaret turned to the fire and made me no answer. I heard her mutter some ejaculation. ...

— Daisy • Elizabeth Wetherell

... be seen going in with him. As they entered the vestibule the door was not opened for them, and Fenton's quick wit appreciated the fact that the servant who should be sitting just inside, was not in his place. With an inward ejaculation of satisfaction at this good fortune, he put his hand to his ...

— The Philistines • Arlo Bates

... Persephone. The ejaculation served for the old as well as for the new religion of Sicily. The dialogue is here arranged as in Fritzsche's text, and in line 8 his punctuation ...

— Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose • Andrew Lang

... lash for those who trample on their neighbors and insult "fallen worth," for cold or treacherous friends, liars, and babbling blockheads. Let Sporus (Hervey) tremble (l. 303). Arbuthnot interposes herewith an ejaculation of contemptuous pity; is it really worth the poet's while to castigate such a slight thing as Hervey, that "mere white curd"? But Pope has suffered too much from Hervey's insolence to stay his hand, and he now proceeds to lay on the lash with equal fury and ...

— The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems • Alexander Pope

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