"blue-ball" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009, Kate Brian, Paradise Lost, Simon & Schuster UK, unnumbered page",
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          "ref": "2010, Doctor Lover, Dr. Lover, Mr. Lies: Cheating 101, E. C. Publishing (2010), unnumbered page",
          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "2012, Zoe Fishman, Saving Ruth, William Morrow, unnumbered page",
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        "To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact."
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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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        "To lead someone on or tease them with the promise of something desirable without actually delivering it, causing them to feel frustrated and unsatisfied."
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        "(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."
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