armpit
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Definition of armpit
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
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(colloquial, derogatory)Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
“the armpit of America”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
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