wedged

verb

1
To support or secure using a wedge.
“I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.”
2
To force into a narrow gap.
“He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.”
3
To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
4
Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
“My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.”
5
To cleave with a wedge.
6
To force or drive with a wedge.
7
To shape into a wedge.

1
Cuneiform or wedge-shaped
2
Stuck; incapable of proceeding without help, though not having crashed.
“The server seems to be wedged: it's not even responding to pings.”

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