blow one's wad

Verb

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.
   • When a man "blows his wad," at least two different things could have occurred: he either spent or lost all his money in a wager (his wad), or he spent or ejaculated his sperm (his wad). Thorne goes on to suggest that since at least the 1950s "blow," in this context, is a euphemism for "ejaculate."2001, Peter F. Murphy, Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 44

   Synonyms:

   shoot one's wad

2. (idiomatic) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.

   Synonyms:

   shoot one's bolt, shoot one's wad

3. (idiomatic, vulgar) To ejaculate, to cum.
   • When a man "blows his wad," at least two different things could have occurred: he either spent or lost all his money in a wager (his wad), or he spent or ejaculated his sperm (his wad). Thorne goes on to suggest that since at least the 1950s "blow," in this context, is a euphemism for "ejaculate."2001, Peter F. Murphy, Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 44
   • There's a cock ring he keeps stretched around a hairbrush; he rolls it off and slides it down into place against the base of his shaft, to help him stay hard without blowing his wad.2009, J. M. Snyder, “Mastering Stefan”, in Eight: Gay Erotic Stories, Glen Allen, Va.: JMS Books, published 2010, 978-1-4515-8485-1

   Synonyms:

   shoot one's wad