wedgy
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wedge (wɛdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a block of solid material, esp wood or metal, that is shaped like a narrow V in cross section and can be pushed or driven between two objects or parts of an object in order to split or secure them |
| 2. | any formation, structure, or substance in the shape of a wedge: a wedge of cheese |
| 3. | something such as an idea, action, etc, that tends to cause division |
| 4. | a shoe with a wedge heel |
| 5. | golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for bunker shots (sand wedge) or pitch shots (pitching wedge) |
| 6. | a wedge-shaped extension of the high pressure area of an anticyclone, narrower than a ridge |
| 7. | mountaineering a wedge-shaped device, formerly of wood, now usually of hollow steel, for hammering into a crack to provide an anchor point |
| 8. | any of the triangular characters used in cuneiform writing |
| 9. | (formerly) a body of troops formed in a V-shape |
| 10. | photog a strip of glass coated in such a way that it is clear at one end but becomes progressively more opaque towards the other end: used in making measurements of transmission density |
| 11. | slang (Brit) a bribe |
| 12. | thin end of the wedge anything unimportant in itself that implies the start of something much larger |
| —vb | |
| 13. | (tr) to secure with or as if with a wedge |
| 14. | to squeeze or be squeezed like a wedge into a narrow space |
| 15. | (tr) to force apart or divide with or as if with a wedge |
| [Old English wecg; related to Old Saxon weggi, Old High German wecki, Old Norse veggr wall] | |
| 'wedgelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'wedgy | |
| —adj | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
It has a high yield and produces a large, firm fruit which is symmetrical and ranges from conic medium to flat and wedgy in shape.
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