English Explanatory Dictionary

blue balls

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
  2. Unfulfilled sexual desire.
  3. Buboes (in a person of any sex) caused by a sexually transmitted infection; the infection that causes them.

Pronunciation

En-au-blue balls.ogg

Word forms

blue balls

Etymology

US English, 1910s, blue + balls (“testicles”).

Derived words

blue-ball blue-baller blue vulva
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