armpit
Plural: armpits
Noun
- The hollow area on a person's body beneath the arm.
- the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
- "they were up to their armpits in water"
- The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
Examples
- He stuck his word ARMPIT in an awkward corner of the board.
- the armpit of America
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit.
(something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
Synonyms
axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa, ;, armhole[dialect]]al>, asshole[vulgar]]>, axilla[anatomy]]>, butthole[vulgar]]>, oxter[dialect]]al>, pit, underarm
Scrabble Score: 10
armpit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordarmpit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
armpit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary