Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A shoe having a wedge-shaped heel joined to a half sole so as to form a continuous undersurface. Often used in the plural.
- n. The condition of having one's clothing stuck between the buttocks, often from having had one's pants or underwear pulled up as a prank.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
- n. wedge-tailed eagle
WordNet 3.0
- n. a shoe with a wedge heel
Etymologies
- wedge + -ie (Wiktionary)
- Originally a trademark. Sense 2, from wedge. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And let me tell you, "Come on my boat and get a wedgie," is not one that has been tested out as a winner.”
“As a kid, nothing is more humiliating than getting a wedgie from the school yard bully.”
“It's called a wedgie also known as a snuggie, grundie, gotch pull, or mervin.”
“Justin and Jared are 8-year-olds we like to call the wedgie kings.”
“How many languages have an actual word in them for "wedgie"?”
“This may show my maturity or lack thereof, but if you have a spare second to click over to dictionary.com, look up "wedgie".”
“I knew about the "wedgie" strategy, and the frauds like Dembski and Behe, but what I didn't know is this from the above link: ...the Center for Science and Culture laid the groundwork years before the Dover controversy.”
“The new edition will reach bookstores by May and has 58 new entries, plus another 20 new senses of existing words (such as wedgie).”
“The word 'wedgie' has been added to Webster's Dictionary.”
“A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing a Park City resident who jerked his underwear into a "wedgie" has been released from jail.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wedgie’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Not edible
Things that sound edible but are not (usually). See Liberty's To Eat, or Not to Eat? for more diet food.
cinnabar, dulcimer, belfries, potto, maltha, grapple, loam, rake, tort, pomade, buffalo chip, wedgie and 172 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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Shoe parts
sole, tongue, footbed, insole, innersole, outsole, heel, midsole, eyelet, vamp, instep, toe cap and 40 more...
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The Porn Birds
It's the winter of 2039. Global warming and rapacious development is taking a serious toll on habitat for birds all around the world. In desperation, they turn to new careers in the feather-flick...
goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, wedgie, bonxie, baldpate and 95 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Skip The Light Fontastic
Fonts whose names are wacky, powerful, intriguing, whimsical, exotic and so on.
buttzilla, consolas, trebuchet, chanticleer, earthpig, dwarves, ciao, ghost town, goodfish, i still know, gorilla milkshake, immoral and 212 more...
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tuatara's Words
wonky, purple prose, arabesque, kismet, tuatara, flotilla, coprolite, succor, thanatopsis, wedgie, hairball, brae and 1 more...
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Every Uncle's To-Do List
From page 236 of the Official Unclehood Handbook. I'm sure of it. Someday when I become an uncle I'll be able to verify its existence for myself, but in the meantime it seems pretty likely that the...
zrbtt, swirly, wet willy, suckerpunch, knuckle sandwich, mister missile, tickle torture, wedgie, noogie, melvin, nipple twister, hertz donut and 3 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for wedgie.
reesetee I'm sure they would! The eagle just doesn't deserve this kind of nickname. ;-) Dec 6, 2007
oroboros Oh my! Click 'n Clack of CarTalk (NPR) would scarper through broken glass on their hands and knees to add that other definition of wedgie involving schoolboy tricks with underpants!! ;o) Dec 6, 2007
reesetee Nickname for Wedge-Tailed Eagle. Dec 6, 2007