Wedgie
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A wedge-heeled shoe. colloquial
"Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk."
- 2 a shoe with a wedge heel wordnet
- 3 A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks. slang
"If the strippers learn that there is a bachelor party, they will often call the groom onstage and publicly embarrass him. They may tie him up, whip him, tease him, give him a wedgie, cover him in whipped cream, beat his ass with a belt, put a dog collar on him, walk him around the stage like a dog, and/or humiliate him with whatever objects are at their disposal."
- 4 A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks. slang
"I thought, maybe she had an uncomfortable wedgie or something and was trying to work that out. I looked away thinking how embarrassing it must be especially with people staring."
- 5 A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt. slang
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- 6 A wedge-tailed eagle. Australia
"The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white."
- 1 To play the wedgie prank on. slang
"Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed."
Example
More examples"Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk."
Etymology
From wedge + -ie.
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