armpit — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

muscular

VERB + ARMPIT

exposing, lives, lump, plucking, scratching, smell, sniffed, tried

ARMPIT + NOUN

america, hair, itself, tweezers, world

PREP.

in, up, with, with

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.

the armpit of America

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder

axilla

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

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.

Wiktionary

02

Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billion armpits.

Wiktionary

03

the armpit of America

Wiktionary

04

She lives in the armpit of the world.

Tatoeba · #8473539

05

Scratching his armpit and giving his finger a whiff, Tom jolted away from his hand.

Tatoeba · #8757880

06

She could feel a small lump in her armpit.

Tatoeba · #8955177

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, armpit is marked as derogatory, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.