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wedged
wedged W0077525 (wĕjd)adj.1. Having the shape of a wedge; thick at one end and tapered at the other.2. Stuck; jammed: couldn't remove the wedged quarter from the vending machine.wedged (wɛdʒd)
adj. having the shape of a wedge. [1545–55] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  wedged - wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth"impactedcompact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" |
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wedge into (something)1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging into the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged into the gears.2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun is used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged a napkin into the gap underneath one of the legs. I was wedged into my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand into the opening to stop the leak.See also: wedgewedge in1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging in the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged in.2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged in a napkin under one of the legs. I was wedged in my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand in the opening to stop the leak.See also: wedgewedge inv. To lodge or jam something or someone in some location: I accidently wedged my hat in the flue. The box was wedged in the crawl space.See also: wedgewedged
wedged1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This isdifferent from having crashed. If the system has crashed, ithas become totally non-functioning. If the system is wedged,it is trying to do something but cannot make progress; it maybe capable of doing a few things, but not be fullyoperational. For example, a process may become wedged if itdeadlocks with another (but not all instances of wedging aredeadlocks). See also gronk, locked up, hosed. 2. Oftenrefers to humans suffering misconceptions. "He's totallywedged - he's convinced that he can levitate throughmeditation." 3. [Unix] Specifically used to describe thestate of a TTY left in a losing state by abort of ascreen-oriented program or one that has messed with the linediscipline in some obscure way.
There is some dispute over the origin of this term. It isusually thought to derive from a common description ofrecto-cranial inversion; however, it may actually haveoriginated with older "hot-press" printing technology in whichphysical type elements were locked into type frames withwedges driven in by mallets. Once this had been done, nochanges in the typesetting for that page could be made.FinancialSeewedgewedged
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