wedgie
/ˈwɛdʒ.i/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
noun
A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From wedge + -ie.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈwɛdʒ.i/