"shoot one's load" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shoot one's load.ogg [Australia] Forms: shoots one's load [present, singular, third-person], shooting one's load [participle, present], shot one's load [participle, past], shot one's load [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shoot<,,shot> one's load}} shoot one's load (third-person singular simple present shoots one's load, present participle shooting one's load, simple past and past participle shot one's load)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To ejaculate; to cum. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms (to ejaculate): ejaculate
    Sense id: en-shoot_one's_load-en-verb--JDD--QA Disambiguation of 'to ejaculate': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar or slang, figurative) To expend one's resources or one's opportunity, especially prematurely; to blow one's chance. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Synonyms (to expend one's resources or opportunity): blow one's load, shoot one's bolt, shoot one's wad
    Sense id: en-shoot_one's_load-en-verb-mxLgE~Te Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of "to expend one's resources or opportunity": 2 98

Inflected forms

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