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oxter

/ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/

oxter noun: the armpit.

Noun

oxter (plural oxters)

  1. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland) The armpit.
    • And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]Episode 12: The Cyclops
    • ‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 90

Verb

oxter (third-person singular simple present oxters, present participle oxtering, simple past and past participle oxtered)

  1. (transitive) To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.
    • They oxter him into the building.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 412

oxter meaning in Bengali

oxter in Bengali

বগল, কক্ষ

Synonyms of oxter

Forms of oxter

Noun
pluraloxters
Verb
third-person singular presentoxters
present participleoxtering
past participleoxtered
pastoxtered

Origin of oxter

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon.

Words formed from oxter

Questions about oxter

What does oxter mean?
Oxter means the armpit.
What is oxter in Bengali?
Oxter in Bengali is বগল, কক্ষ. See Oxter meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is oxter?
Oxter can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce oxter?
Oxter is pronounced /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of oxter?
The plural of oxter is oxters.

Words near oxter in the dictionary

  1. oxtail
  2. oxtails
  3. oxteam
  4. oxteams
  5. Oxted
  6. oxter
  7. oxtercog
  8. oxtercogged
  9. oxtercogging
  10. oxtercogs
  11. oxtered

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