armpit

arm·pit (ärm

)

1. The hollow under the upper part of the arm at the shoulder.

2. Slang The most miserable or undesirable place in a particular area.

armpit [ˈɑːmˌpɪt]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the small depression beneath the arm where it joins the shoulder Technical name axilla Related adj axillary

2. Slang an extremely unpleasant place the armpit of the Mediterranean

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Noun

armpit - the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"

axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa

bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

arteria axillaris, axillary artery - the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below

shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

armpit

noun underarm, oxter (Scot., Irish, & Northern English dialect) pit I saw the dark wisps of his armpit hair.

Related words
technical name axilla
adjective axillary

Translations

armpit [ˈɑːmpɪt] N

1. (Anat) → sobaco m, axila f

2. (= unpleasant place) → cloaca f

armpit [ˈɑː^rmpɪt] n → aisselle f

armpit [ˈɑːmˌpɪt] n → ascella

armpit → إِبِطْ podpaží armhule Achselhöhle μασχάλη axila kainalokuoppa aisselle pazuho ascella 腋の下 겨드랑이 oksel armhule pacha axila подмышка armhåla รักแร้ koltukaltı nách 腋窝

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ambulant plague
ambulatory plague
arteria axillaris
axil
axilla
axillary
axillary artery
axillary cavity
axillary fossa
bubo
Courap
crutch
dress shield
intertrigo
lymph node
mastectomy
modified radical mastectomy
Moton
roundel

Formerly the student's armpits were not protected--and at that time the swords were pointed, whereas they are blunt, now; so an artery in the armpit was sometimes cut, and death followed.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

With a cry John seized the branch of a tree, whipped the crutch out of his armpit, and sent that uncouth missile hurtling through the air.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

Purun Dass swept the stone floor clean, smiled at the grinning statue, made himself a little mud fireplace at the back of the shrine, spread his antelope skin on a bed of fresh pine-needles, tucked his bairagi--his brass-handled crutch--under his armpit, and sat down to rest.

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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