wedgie

atomic wedgie

slang A very severe wedgie, a maneuver in which someone's underwear is yanked up from behind until it is wedged between their buttocks, typically as a prank. Come on, let's give that nerd an atomic wedgie! If you haven't had an atomic wedgie, then consider yourself lucky! We band geeks are very familiar with them, unfortunately. Some dumb jock gave that dorky kid an atomic wedgie.

See also: atomic, wedgie

give (one) a wedgie

To yank one's underwear up from behind until it is wedged between their buttocks, typically done as a prank. The group of bullies gave him such a bad wedgie that he could barely walk. These pants I'm wearing are giving me a wedgie while I walk. My idiot brother and his friends think it's hilarious to torment me—they'll give me a wedgie, put me in a headlock, all that annoying stuff.

See also: give, wedgie

wedgie

A maneuver in which someone's underwear is yanked up from behind until it is wedged between their buttocks, typically as a prank. I don't know if it's the pants I'm wearing or the underwear, but I keep getting a wedgie while I walk. The group of bullies gave him such a bad wedgie that he could barely walk.

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atomic wedgie

n. an instance of pulling someone’s underpants up very tightly—from the rear—so that the cloth is pulled between the victim’s buttocks; a severe wedgie or melvin. I’m going to sneak up behind Bob and give him an atomic wedgie.

See also: atomic, wedgie

wedgy

and wedgie

n. a situation where one’s underpants are drawn up tightly between the buttocks; a melvin. Willy skipped up behind Greg and gave him a wedgy.

wedgie

verb

See wedgy

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