"blue-ball" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-blue-ball.ogg Forms: blue-balls [present, singular, third-person], blue-balling [participle, present], blue-balled [participle, past], blue-balled [past]
Etymology: From blue balls. Head templates: {{en-verb}} blue-ball (third-person singular simple present blue-balls, present participle blue-balling, simple past and past participle blue-balled)
  1. (slang, vulgar, transitive) To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact. Tags: slang, transitive, vulgar Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-blue-ball-en-verb-WX4H6-Sg Disambiguation of Sex: 65 35
  2. (by extension, 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. Tags: broadly, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: tease, lead on, tantalize
    Sense id: en-blue-ball-en-verb-en:to_tease Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blue-baller Related terms: cock tease, cockblock, edge

Inflected forms

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        "(slang, vulgar, transitive) To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact."
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