shoot one's load

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === 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) (idiomatic, vulgar) To ejaculate; to cum. 2001, Penthouse Magazine, Letters to Penthouse XII: It Just Gets Hotter, link I grab her tighter and shoot my load in her bum. 2006, John Patrick, Taboo!, page 56 As my body flushed with unexpected heat and my heart palpitated, with hip-thrusting panache I shot my load all over the TV screen. (idiomatic, vulgar or slang, figurative) To expend one's resources or one's opportunity, especially prematurely; to blow one's chance. ==== Synonyms ==== (to ejaculate) see Thesaurus:ejaculate (to expend one's resources or opportunity): blow one's load shoot one's bolt shoot one's wad