wedgie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈwɛdʒ.i/ (UK)
Etymology
From wedge + -ie.
Meanings
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(colloquial) 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:
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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.
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.
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:
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(slang) 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:
- (slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
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(Australia) A wedge-tailed eagle.
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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wedgies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
frontal wedgie · atomic wedgie
Relateds
Synonyms
snuggie (prank)
Translations (18)
es calzón chino (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · it sparticulo (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · he וודג׳י (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · no truserøsk (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · pt cueção (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · da olfert (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · es lector de tarjetas (situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks) · fr tire-slip (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · pt cuecão (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · he משיכת תחתונים (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · sv trosryck (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · cs zářez (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · he מתיחה בתחתונים (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · he ווג׳י (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · de Hosenzieher (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · ja ウェッジー (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · sv kalsongryck (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) · es gistro forzoso (situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks)