Meaning of blue-ball | Babel Free

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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