blow one's wad

present singular third person blows one's wad · participle present blowing one's wad · past blew one's wad · participle past blown one's wad

1. idiomaticTo 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. idiomaticTo 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. idiomaticvulgarTo ejaculate, to cum.

   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

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   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