Definition of "wedge" []

• A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. (noun)
• Something shaped like a wedge: a wedge of pie. (noun)
• Downstate New York See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine. (noun)
• A wedge-shaped formation, as in ground warfare. (noun)
• Something that intrudes and causes division or disruption: His nomination drove a wedge into party unity. (noun)

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• "MARCIANO: Well, we've been throwing around the term wedge and rope tornados quite a bit."
• "MADISON: And I also think that evangelicals are on the margin of this political season, and Dobson is trying to figure a way of how they can get their value, what we called wedge issues four years ago, back into the political discourse."
• "Not quite what we call a wedge tornado, but that is what we call a wedge tornado right there."