armpit

noun
/ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/US

Etymology

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.

  1. inherited from armpitt

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billion armpits.
  2. Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.

    • the armpit of America

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA