wedgie
Americannoun
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Often wedgies. a shoe with a wedge heel.
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Informal. the condition of having one's underpants or other clothing uncomfortably stuck between the buttocks.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wedgie
Example Sentences
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He’s an idiot, but one Vinod finds himself speaking to in a difficult moment with his other friends, and while his torturer is giving him a wedgie.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024
A city department or sheriff’s office might not see the value in putting an officer full-time at a grade school, where whole years might pass without seeing anything more dangerous than a wedgie.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
As for the rest of the president’s plans for the day, they seemed to have involved giving Emmanuel Macron a wedgie and preparing for tonight’s Buckingham Palace reception with the Queen.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2019
The Warriors gave the Spurs an atomic wedgie in Game 1 of their first-round playoff matchup.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2018
Old things, like posters of basketball players in crazy-looking wedgie shorts.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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