armpit
nounUS /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
Etymology From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
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.2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), page 265:
- Unilever brought its Rexona deodorant to China a decade ago, dreaming of a market with 2.6 billion armpits.2018 February 2, Owen Guo, “Aiming at China’s Armpits: When Foreign Brands Misfire”, in The New York Times:
2
Colloquial, Derogatory Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
- the armpit of America
- Derived terms
- armpit fart, armpitted, armpitty, wingpit