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armpit Definition

arm·pit (ärmpit′)

noun

the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla

armpit Usage Examples

Converse of object

have: At the end of all meetings we all need to think about whether our plans have Armpits!

Preposition: on

tube: I'll be thinking of you while I'm enjoying the book when I'm stuck in someone's armpit on the tube.

Adjective modifier

  • sweaty: Every Londoner's journey to work involves being crushed like a sardine on the tube with their nose stuck up someone's sweaty armpit.
  • hairy: Hi again everyone, Janine, I had to laugh, congrats on the hairy armpits - crazy or what?
  • left: Mahbubur Rahman Auntie - hair number 402 under Paul Merton's left armpit.
  • right: Despite the cold, his right armpit begins to feel hot.
  • smelly: Being pressed up against a smelly armpit is disgusting.

Modifies a noun

  • area: His front left leg was paralyzed due to an injury to the armpit area that damaged the nerve.
  • level: A thumbstick should come to about armpit level, measured to the notch in the handle, where your thumb rests.

Possessives

  • someone: Every Londoner's journey to work involves being crushed like a sardine on the tube with their nose stuck up someone's sweaty armpit.
  • child: To find out if your child has a fever, place a thermometer under your child's armpit or use a special ear thermometer.

Preposition: in

  • water: Into this we packed the injured until it settled so low that they were sitting up to their armpits in water.
  • alligator: Paling J, Paling S. Up to your armpits in alligators.

Preposition: of

world: By the way the dallas airport is the armpit of the world.