Wedgie

Definitions

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

Equivalents

7 more languages

العربيةحذاء ذو كعب كما الإسفين او الوتد

Češtinazářez

Danskolfert

Italianosparticulo

日本語ウェッジー

Portuguêscuecão

Svenskakalsongrycktrosryck

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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