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How to use wedgie in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Wedgie means a wedge-heeled shoe. Example: “Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.”

Examples of wedgie by meaning

nounA wedge-heeled shoe.

  • Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

nounA situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.

  • I thought, maybe she had an uncomfortable wedgie or something and was trying to work that out.2012, Beverly Rivers, The Metamorphosis of Princess Kizziemae, page 38

nounA wedge-tailed eagle.

  • The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.2003, Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory, page 27
  • Well over a century later the ‘wedgie’ continues to be persecuted, with some rural Tasmanians taking a gun to it when they can.2024, David Owen, David Pemberton, Tasmanian Devil, Allen & Unwin, page 58

verbTo play the wedgie prank on.

  • Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed.1989, Michael Moffatt, Coming of Age in New Jersey, page 86

More sentences with wedgie

  • We gave him wedgies and did mock beat-ups.2008, Josh Frank, Charlie Buckholtz, In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave…. From the entry beat up
  • As it turns out, underpants didn’t exist in the 18th century and without underpants, the whole wedgie business becomes a problem.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make…. From the entry roadblock
  • Wedgie the small defenseless Jewish child to the degree that their underpant leg holes are exposed ABOVE the waistband of their Umbro shorts.2021, Seth Rogen, Yearbook, Crown, →ISBN. From the entry underpant
  • I want the same chagrin people feel when called out for picking their nose or picking their wedgie in public to be their lot with blasterbating.2024 July 5, Kendra Stanton Lee, “Blasterbating Needs to Stop. Turn Down For What? – Opinion”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on…. From the entry blasturbate
  • I dubiously eye the racks of V-strings and thongs, then pick up a pair of panties called “cheekies” which look like they'd give me an atomic wedgie.2017, Nina Lane, Spiral of Bliss. From the entry cheekies
  • It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired…. From the entry deliver
  • Not only did he make back his investment plus a lot more, he had created thousands of underpants-wearing victims, allowing him to deliver wedgies to his heart's content.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make…. From the entry to one's heart's content

Meaning of wedgie

  1. noun A wedge-heeled shoe.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.

Full definition of wedgie

Questions about wedgie in a sentence

How do you use wedgie in a sentence?
Wedgie is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.”
What is a short sentence with wedgie?
“We gave him wedgies and did mock beat-ups.”
What does wedgie mean?
Wedgie means a wedge-heeled shoe.

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