armpit
/ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
armpit noun: the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Noun
armpit (plural armpits)
- The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- She stood a couple of feet away from me […] exposing an edge of brassière strap at her armpit―exposing the armpit itself, a muscular hollow shadowed with fine stubble and faintly streaked with talcum.2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page 265
- Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billion armpits.2018 February 2, Owen Guo, “Aiming at China’s Armpits: When Foreign Brands Misfire”, in The New York Times
- Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
- the armpit of America
- Synonyms:
- butthole[vulgar]]>, asshole[vulgar]]>
armpit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
armpit in Hindi
- the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
- काँख kā̃kh, बग़ल baġal
armpit in Tamil
- the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
- அக்குள் akkuḷ
armpit in Marathi
- the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
- काख kākh
armpit in Urdu
- the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
- بغل baġal
More languagesFewer languages
- armpit in Bengali
- বগল bogol
- armpit in Telugu
- చంక caṅka
- armpit in Malayalam
- കക്ഷം kakṣaṁ, തൊക്ക് tokkŭ
- armpit in Kannada
- ಕಂಕುಳ kaṅkuḷa
- armpit in Punjabi
- ਕੱਛ kaccha
- armpit in Gujarati
- બગલ bagal
- armpit in Odia
- କାଖ kākha
- armpit in Sanskrit
- कक्ष kákṣa
- armpit in Sinhala
- කැස kæsa
- armpit in Assamese
- কাষলতি kaxloti
- armpit in Tagalog
- kilikili
- armpit in Arabic
- إِبْط ʔibṭ
- armpit in Malay
- ketiak, kelek
- armpit in Indonesian
- ketiak
- armpit in Persian
- زیر بغل zir-e baġal, کش kaš
- armpit in Thai
- รักแร้ rák-rɛ́ɛ
- armpit in Vietnamese
- nách
- armpit in Myanmar
- ချိုင်း hkyuing:
- Dhivehi
- ކިހިލި kihili
- Kashmiri
- کَژھ kaċh
Examples of armpit in a sentence
- Blue Hawke is too nice for the armpit of the free marches.
- Body fat content: retroperitoneal fat (retroperi), inguinal fat, periadrenal fat and armpit fat.
- There were armpits in the face and lumps and bumps pressed against lumps and bumps.
Synonyms of armpit
Forms of armpit
| plural | armpits |
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Origin of armpit
From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
Words formed from armpit
Phrases with armpit
Questions about armpit
- What does armpit mean?
- Armpit means the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- What is armpit in Hindi?
- Armpit in Hindi is काँख (kā̃kh), बग़ल (baġal). See Armpit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is armpit?
- Armpit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce armpit?
- Armpit is pronounced /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/ (US).
- What is the plural of armpit?
- The plural of armpit is armpits.
Words near armpit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: armpit (page history and authors); ಕಂಕುಳ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਕੱਛ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); બગલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କାଖ (Odia) (page history and authors); कक्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); කැස (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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