# wedged

Pronunciation: say "WEJD" /wɛd͡ʒd/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of wedge. — simple past and past participle of wedge
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of wedge. Use it when talking about something that already happened.
   - _Commuters wedged themselves into the crowded subway car._
   - _A pebble had gotten wedged in the tread of her hiking boot._

## Adjective

2. Stuck in a state where it cannot continue without outside help, though it has not actually crashed. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Stuck and unable to go on without help, even though it has not crashed.
   - _The build machine was wedged on a locked file and sat there for hours without failing or finishing._
   - _If the process is wedged, killing it and starting over is usually faster than waiting._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) cuneiform or wedge-shaped

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wedged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).