shoot one's wad

Verb

shoot one's wad (third-person singular simple present shoots one's wad, present participle shooting one's wad, simple past and past participle shot one's wad)

1. (slang) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.
   • 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, 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, The Railway Clerk, volume 5, number 11, page 460

   Synonyms:

   blow one's load, blow one's wad, shoot one's bolt

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

   Synonyms:

   blow one's wad

3. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
   • 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
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   blow one's wad