wedgie

American  

[wej-ee] / ˈwɛdʒ i /

noun

1. Often wedgies. a shoe with a wedge heel.

2. Informal. the condition of having one's underpants or other clothing uncomfortably stuck between the buttocks.

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wedgie British  

/ ˈwɛdʒɪ /

noun

1. informal the state of having one's underpants or shorts caught between one's buttocks (esp in the phrase give someone a wedgie )

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Etymology

Origin of wedgie

wedge + -ie

Example Sentences

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

That is: There’s no inscribed deduction in gymnastics for getting the inevitable wedgie—but there is a deduction, sometimes hefty, for fixing your wedgie.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2021

Instead, they're something only the guy who listens to the radio broadcast of the game while actually at the game could possibly get away with sans atomic wedgie.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 11, 2018

Before every serve, Nadal pulls an imaginary wedgie out of his bottom.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2016

He stood frozen with fear, probably straining all those math brain cells to calculate how big a wedgie he’d just earned himself.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman