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blueball

blueball is the alternative spelling of blue-ball.

Meaning of blue-ball

Verb

blue-ball (third-person singular simple present blue-balls, present participle blue-balling, simple past and past participle blue-balled)

  1. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact.
    • “Stop blue-balling the guy and give in already.”2009, Kate Brian, Paradise Lost, Simon & Schuster UK, →ISBN, unnumbered page
  2. (broadly, 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.
    • Stop blue-balling me and tell me what happened!
    Synonyms:
    tease, lead on, tantalize

Forms of blueball

third-person singular presentblueballs
present participleblueballing
past participleblueballed
pastblueballed

Questions about blueball

What is blueball the alternative spelling of?
Blueball is the alternative spelling of blue-ball.

Words near blueball in the dictionary

  1. BlueAnon
  2. blueb
  3. blueback
  4. blueback salmon
  5. bluebacks
  6. blueball
  7. blueballed
  8. blueballing
  9. blueballs
  10. bluebeard
  11. Bluebeardesque

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