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armpit

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English

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A woman's shaved armpit

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englisharmpitt,arme-pitt,armput, equivalent toarm +‎pit.

(something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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armpit (pluralarmpits)

  2. Thecavity beneath the junction of thearm andshoulder.
    Synonyms:underarm;axilla(anatomy);pit(informal);oxter(UK,dialectal),armhole(UK,dialectal)
    Coordinate term:poplit(knee pit)
    • 2009,Sarah Waters,The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page265:
      She stood a couple of feet away from me[…] exposing an edge of brassière strap at herarmpit―exposing thearmpit itself, a muscular hollow shadowed with fine stubble and faintly streaked with talcum.
    • 2018 February 2, Owen Guo, “Aiming at China’sArmpits: When Foreign Brands Misfire”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billionarmpits.
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) Somewhere or somethingunpleasant orundesirable.
    Synonyms:butthole(vulgar),asshole(vulgar)
    thearmpit of America

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Translations

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the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable
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