wedgie
English
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A male receiving a wedgie.
Etymology
From wedge + -ie.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɛdʒ.i/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdʒi
Noun
wedgie (plural wedgies)
- (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.
- a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:
- Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.
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- (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.
- 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:
- 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.
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- (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
- (basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
- (Australia, birdwatching, informal) A wedge-tailed eagle.
- 2003, Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory (page 27)
- 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)
Synonyms
- (prank): snuggie
Derived terms
- atomic wedgie
Translations
prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply
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See also
- melvin
Verb
wedgie (third-person singular simple present wedgies, present participle wedgying, simple past and past participle wedgied)
- (slang) To play the wedgie prank on.
- 1989, Michael Moffatt, Coming of Age in New Jersey (page 86)
- 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)