blue-ball

Definitions

1. To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact.
   slang, transitive, vulgar
2. To lead someone on or tease them with the promise of something desirable without actually delivering it, causing them to feel frustrated and unsatisfied.
   broadly, idiomatic, transitive

Examples

““Stop⟳ blue-balling the guy and give⟳ in already.””

“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.”

“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.”

“Stop⟳ blue-balling me and tell⟳ me what happened!”

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