armpit Definition
arm·pit (ärm′pit′)
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.
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