Wedgie

Quick meaning: Wedgie is a noun meaning (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.

Meaning

(colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.

More Meanings

1. (basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
2. (Australia) A wedge-tailed eagle.
3. (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
4. (slang) To play the wedgie prank on.
5. (slang) 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.

Example Sentences

The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.

Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.

Well over a century later the ‘wedgie’ continues to be persecuted, with some rural Tasmanians taking a gun to it when they can.

Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed.

Word Forms

• wedgies
• wedgying
• wedgied

Synonyms for wedgie

Depending on context, synonyms include snuggie, wedgies.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wedging, wedge, wedger, crosswedge, wedgewire, cutwater.

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