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shoot one's wad en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (slang) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.
   • When the old hair falls out, new hair begins to replace it, and the cycle starts again, though not for Harry, who says his follicles have shot their wad. 1993, Steve Martini, Compelling Evidence, →ISBN:
   • I have a special fondness for all late summer bloomers since so many gardens, and all the fancy perennial gardens, have shot their wad by then. 2004, Stephen Goodwin, Breaking Her Fall, →ISBN, page 179:
   • Negotiations between United Airlines and striking pilots broke off yesterday after the two sides . . . became deadlocked over back-to-work provisions. . . . Ralph Colliander, a board mediator, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying: "We have shot our wad. You get burnt up once in a while." 1985 May 26, Richard Witkin, “Pilots and United halt talks seeking strike's end”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Aug 2013:
   • "You're not pregnant again?" he inquired chattily. "God, no. Fritzie shot his wad." "Quite a wad," Mark approved. 1963, Garet Rogers, Scandal in Eden, a novel.:
   • Well, I guess I have about "shot my wad," and had better "cork up," or I might find my way to the waste-basket. 1888 June 14, The Railroad Brakeman's Journal, volume 5, number 6, page 266:
   • There, I have shot my wad. I have told you in a few words what we have done, and you, my brothers, are now standing just where we were 25 years ago. 1906 November 14, The Railway Clerk, volume 5, number 11, page 460:
2. (slang) To spend all of one's money.
   • During the summer of 1965 my two daughters and I, traveling on a very limited budget, shot our wad at Sharrow Bay - and never regretted a penny of it. 1982 October 31, Louise M. Forscher, “Letter to Editor: Lake District”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Aug 2013:
3. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
   • [W]henever a particularly delectable wrestler got tossed across the ring, landing with a meaty thump, his dick would swell and tingle and he'd nearly shoot his wad. 2010, Simon Sheppard, Sodomy!: Stories, Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 62:
   • It's a strange thing this yellow liquid, the bodily fluid of a stranger. What was he thinking when he shot his wad? Is he somewhere now wondering about his sperm? Is he at this very moment wondering if a woman somewhere is inseminating with his seed? Well, we are! Here we are in Boston, and we are! 2003, Harlyn Aizley, Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor, Los Angeles, Calif.: Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 70:
   • Grabbing hold of his throbbing organ, he started to turn away from her, had second thoughts, and proceeded to shoot his wad, ejaculate all over the sweating, sultry body that was stretched out, languishing at his feet. 2008, Chaucer Malone, Miguk, the Holy Man, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 490:
   • However, Mike had shot his wad into the mouth of the man whose body was now jammed back against his and he began jacking the throbbing cock faster and harder! 1974, Sam Savoy, Hot and hard:

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Synonyms

shoot one's load · blow one's wad (ejaculate) · shoot one's bolt (expend all one's resources) · blow one's load (expend all one's resources) · ejaculate · blow one's wad (spend all one's money) · blow one's wad (expend all one's resources)