"blow one's wad" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-blow one's wad.ogg [Australia] Forms: blows one's wad [present, singular, third-person], blowing one's wad [participle, present], blew one's wad [past], blown one's wad [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> one's wad}} blow one's wad (third-person singular simple present blows one's wad, present participle blowing one's wad, simple past blew one's wad, past participle blown one's wad)
  1. (idiomatic) To spend all of one's money. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Money Synonyms (spend all one's money): shoot one's wad
    Sense id: en-blow_one's_wad-en-verb-xH-Mr1dV Disambiguation of Money: 48 41 11 Disambiguation of "spend all one's money": 74 24 2
  2. (idiomatic) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Money Synonyms (expend all one's resources): shoot one's bolt, shoot one's wad
    Sense id: en-blow_one's_wad-en-verb-VpIVrjBK Disambiguation of Money: 48 41 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 71 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 62 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of "expend all one's resources": 28 68 3
  3. (idiomatic, vulgar) To ejaculate, to cum. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Categories (topical): Money Synonyms (ejaculate): shoot one's wad
    Sense id: en-blow_one's_wad-en-verb-44rmFGVs Disambiguation of Money: 48 41 11 Disambiguation of 'ejaculate': 11 10 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoot one's load, ejaculate

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