wedgie
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wedgie
- /ˈwɛdʒ.i/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛdʒi
noun wedgies
- A wedge-heeled shoe. Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.
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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,
Similar: 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.
- 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.
verb wedgies · wedgying · 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.
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noun prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply
| Español | calzón chino |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ウェッジー wedjī |
| Português | cueção, cuecão |
| Français | tire-slip |
| Deutsch | Hosenzieher |
| Italiano | sparticulo |
| עברית | ווג׳י wéji, וודג׳י wédji, משיכת תחתונים, מתיחה בתחתונים |
noun situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks
| Español | gistro forzoso, lector de tarjetas |
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@misc{wedgie_2026,
title = {wedgie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wedgie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
