Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. of women, to lead on in a sexual manner but never to permit actual intercourse; thus cockteasing n.

1940		in G. Legman Rationale Dirty Joke II 453: A girl who has been cock-teasing her boyfriend in his hotel-room is thrown out [...] when she refused at the last moment to ‘come across’.
1957		A. Wilson Bit Off the Map 71: You think [...] that because you [...] can go on having sex appeal just by cockteasing every man you meet.
1968		(con. 1940s) G. Dutton Andy 48: This will take me in my Austin Seven [...] into town for the night on the nest, and not a night of cock-teasing either.
1979		Leather Whipper 52: I enjoyed being a cocktease, the way women had cockteased me.
1985		J. Dagion Trash 14: [A] very humpy young PR [...] eyeing a bitch who was cockteasing her way past [Simes:DLSS].
1989		M. Amis London Fields 330: Keith said, ‘What do you do with Guy then?’ ‘What do you think I do?’ said Nicola. ‘I tease his fucking cock off.’.
1992		Sanford & Silverstein Number One Sunset Blvd 198: Then again, considering the way she had cockteased him back in Boston, that was hardly surprising.
1995		Guardian 25 Apr. 29/5: She cockteased Rock Hudson into marriage.
2008		M. Knox Scattered 79: In the case of S he argued the sex had been consensual, and with C and E he said that he had rejected them after they had ‘cockteased’ him.
2021		T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 255: ‘A little cocktease whore’.

2. as sense 1, of male homosexuals.

1971		‘F. Curtis’ Come in 40: Right in front of all these people you two are sitting over there cock-teasing each other’ [Simes:DLSS].
c.1981		‘D. Curzon’ Human Warmth 65: Would it be wise to kiss Roger. Just a kiss and nothing more? Or would that be cock-teasing him? [Simes:DLSS].
1995		Size Tales (N.J.) Sept. 122: I’d seen his dick soft so many times at the urinals when he’d made such a point of cock-teasing me [Simes:DLSS].