wedgieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From wedge +‎ -ie.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛdʒ.i/
• 韻: -ɛdʒi

名詞

wedgie (複数形 wedgies)

1. (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.
   • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:

     Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.

2. (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.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     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.

3. (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
4. (basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
5. (informal, birdwatching) A wedge-tailed eagle.
   • 2003, Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory (page 27)

     The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.

同意語

• (prank): snuggie

派生語

• atomic wedgie