Ejective

Word EJECTIVE
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /iˈdʒɛktɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Ejective"

What do we mean by ejective?

Relating to or causing ejection. adjective

Articulated with a stream of air created by closing the glottis, making a constriction or closure in the oral cavity above the glottis, and raising the larynx to increase the air pressure within the cavity between the glottal closure and the oral constriction or closure. An ejective (t), for example, is made with a stream of air generated in this way, rather than with a stream of air from the lungs. Ejective consonants are found in many languages, including Amharic, Georgian, Lakota, and Quechua. adjective

An ejective consonant. noun

Pertaining to ejection; casting out; expelling.

In philosophy, of the nature of an eject.

A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly. noun

A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly.

What a guy does when he has an orgasm, kinda like ejeculation. Urban Dictionary

Noun - a person ejected from a social media group, usually due to an over-zealous moderator seeking to win points Urban Dictionary

Getting kicked out from a place or venue. Urban Dictionary

Verb: To completely remove yourself from a disturbing situation. Urban Dictionary

To break up with someone, or stop contact. Sounds like rejected, but its cooler. Urban Dictionary

When a person's bladder and rectum are in such massive distress from holding their contents that the instant they sit on the toilet, all hell breaks loose from both orifices. Urban Dictionary

A sexual position in which the woman lays down on her back and man stradles her face. In this position the man reverse titty fucks the woman while the woman tosses his salad. After the man cums he then initiates a fart in the woman's face at which time she is so disgusted that she pushes him off...hence the ejection seat. Urban Dictionary

To eject from both ski's whilst wiping out on a ski run or jump. Urban Dictionary

Red is always sus in Among Sus Urban Dictionary

When a dick gets so hard it bursts out of a mans pants Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ejective

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The word "ejective" in example sentences

If so, however, we might begin to wonder whether any expression other than the entirely undirected curse or ejective is actually functionally distinct from the implicit manipulation it goes hand-in-hand with. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

There is no distinction between voiced and voiceless consonants ..., but we have a second, 'ejective' series of consonants ph, th, sh, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we use the Etruscan-Lemnian system as a model, we get the following: There is no distinction between voiced and voiceless consonants (the former are essentially absent), but we have a second, 'ejective' series of consonants (ph, th, sh, etc.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

The long VOT of these voiced stops would tend then to be reinterpreted in loanwords into Mid IE as _creaky stops_ which also have longer VOT what you are calling "ejective" according to Glottalic Theory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This view of the other person as being the same in the main as the self who thinks of the other person, is what psychologists mean when they speak of the "ejective" self. ❋ James Mark Baldwin (1897)

In a simple ejective such as "Aaah!" we find an articulation targeted on its own agent, operating as a revelation of their state. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

In its intonation this ejective may express agony or ecstasy, wonder or horror, but the degree to which we can class this as content is marginal at best. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

Both the change of word-initial ejective to preglottalized voiced stop and the ad hoc reduction of *ˀd to *ʔ here, further compounded by his claim that this laryngeal then explains -e- in Greek hekaton '100'3, are a series of exotic and contrived fabrications. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Also, Semitic emphatics were likely originally ejective, not pharyngealized." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pharyngealized stops, not ejective ones, were the norm in neighbouring West Semitic languages of the Minoan period, such as in Ugaritic read Zemánek, The origins of pharyngealization in Semitic, page 4. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we disregard the additional T and D signs such as ta2, twe, two, dwe and dwo - more on these later, we may get a perfect pair of the simple T and the ejective TH. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Aside from the fact that ejective fricatives like /sʼ/ are uncommon in languages, this doesn't even fit the phonologies of the surrounding area where the only thing remotely similar might be the Semitic pharyngeal series. ❋ Unknown (2009)

PU2 was supposedly ejective (*phu), and typically occurs in places where one would expect at least partial voicing of consonants (cluster 'ph-r' in our examples). ❋ Unknown (2009)

In my Hybrid Theory a subtler variant of Glottalic Theory, breathy stops are interpreted as plain ones while 'plain stops' are 'creaky stops' which in some pre-IE stage evolved out of ejective stops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A recent comment by Phoenix concerning Proto-Balto-Slavic has left me pondering incessantly about something for the past few days now: Does Winter's Law prove conclusively that PIE had ejective stops and even disprove my Hybrid Theory stance? ❋ Unknown (2008)

To add further irony, Allan Bomhard had recently offered an excellent alternative to Illich-Svitych's ejective-rich theory to finally address markedness problems by turning ejective stops into plain stops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I agree that it would be better to have discussed them at greater length and to have included “ejective” in the index. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[ohhh] shit, [im] about to eject, [open your mouth]! ❋ Saraaaho (2008)

[Rachael], Mark and I realised that we were all had become [rebellious] ejects, despite making [valid] points in the group ❋ Limbic Candy (2020)

Ah man... I've just been [ejected] from the bar by [the security] guard because [I was drunk] and started punching people. ❋ Mandolye (2010)

"I was down at [the bar], and these two [pillow biters] were [making out] with each other! Fucking eject!" ❋ _salesman_ (2005)

[Damn], you got [totally] [ejected]! ❋ [hi, I'm Mavis] (2007)

Jimmy: "I can't believe you ate 10 bean [burritos] and drank a [2-Liter] of Mountain Dew!" Robert: "Yeah, I was [Mount St. Helens], man. By the time I got to the toilet...Full Eject!" ❋ Jimmy Walker (2007)

My girlfriend was in a [kinky] [mood] last night so I gave her an ejection seat to get my ass [munched] on and so I could cum on her tits. ❋ Pacos (2005)

Q. Was that wipe-out [a double] or [single] ejection? ❋ Cameron (2004)

"[Red sus]" [Red] was [ejected]. ❋ Abominatiogus (2022)

When Sarah [Bent over] [to pick] up her books, [I had an erection] ejection in the middle of class. ❋ Moisty Mike (2018)

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