blue-ball en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From blue balls.
Meanings
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(slang, transitive, vulgar) To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact.
I'm not even upset; I'm just tired of being blue-balled and tired of being rejected. It's just sad to see that I have to argue about having sex with my wife.
2010, Doctor Lover, Dr. Lover, Mr. Lies: Cheating 101, E. C. Publishing (2010), unnumbered pageI thought it would be a good way to go out—to blue-ball him into submission and then leave, the way all of the cool girls did in the movies.
2012, Zoe Fishman, Saving Ruth, William Morrow, →ISBN, unnumbered page:“Stop blue-balling the guy and give in already.”
2009, Kate Brian, Paradise Lost, Simon & Schuster UK, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
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(broadly, idiomatic, transitive) To lead someone on or tease them with the promise of something desirable without actually delivering it, causing them to feel frustrated and unsatisfied.
Stop blue-balling me and tell me what happened!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue-balled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blue-balled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| blueball | alternative | lexicographic | |
| blue-balling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blue-balls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
cockblock · edge · cock tease