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.
- inherited from armpitt
Definitions
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.
Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
- the armpit of America
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for armpit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA