wedgie
UK/ˈwɛdʒ.i/
wedgie noun: a wedge-heeled shoe.
Noun
wedgie (plural wedgies)
- A 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
- 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.
- 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...2003, James Oliver Cury, The Playboy Guide to Bachelor Parties: Everything You Need to Know About Planning the Groom's Rite of Passage-From Simple to Sinful, page 228
- When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
- Synonyms:
- snuggie
- A 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. I looked away thinking how embarrassing it must be especially with people staring.2012, Beverly Rivers, The Metamorphosis of Princess Kizziemae, page 38
- A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
- A 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
Verb
wedgie (third-person singular simple present wedgies, present participle wedgying, simple past and past participle wedgied)
- To 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
Examples of wedgie in a sentence
- We gave him wedgies and did mock beat-ups.
- As it turns out, underpants didn’t exist in the 18th century and without underpants, the whole wedgie business becomes a problem.
- Wedgie the small defenseless Jewish child to the degree that their underpant leg holes are exposed ABOVE the waistband of their Umbro shorts.
Synonyms of wedgie
Forms of wedgie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wedgies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wedgies |
| present participle | wedgying |
| past participle | wedgied |
| past | wedgied |
Origin of wedgie
From wedge + -ie.
Words formed from wedgie
Words that rhyme with wedgie
Questions about wedgie
- What does wedgie mean?
- Wedgie means a wedge-heeled shoe.
- What part of speech is wedgie?
- Wedgie can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce wedgie?
- Wedgie is pronounced /ˈwɛdʒ.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wedgie?
- The plural of wedgie is wedgies.
Words near wedgie in the dictionary
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