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blue-ball en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From blue balls.

Meanings

  1. (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 page
    • I 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:
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

blue-baller

Relateds

cockblock · edge · cock tease

Synonyms

tease · tantalize · lead on