Meaning

2 senses
  1. The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

    Achselhöhle

    подмы́шкаpodmýška

    па́хваpáxva, паха́paxá

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

  2. (colloquial, derogatory)Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.

    the armpit of America

    Dreckloch

Examples

36 sentences
  1. Many women in the world shave their armpits.

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  2. She shaved her armpits.

    ruОна побрила подмышки.

    deSie hat sich die Achseln rasiert.

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  3. Do you shave your armpits?

    ruТы бреешь подмышки?

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  4. I'll shave my armpits for you.

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  5. He crushes ice with his armpit.

    deEr zerhackt Eis mit seiner Achsel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder:
Русский
By meaning 1
the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder:
somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable:

Origin

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit.

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit.

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Forms

plural: armpits
Singulararmpit
Pluralarmpits

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
pitB1underarmaxilla[anatomy]]>oxter[dialect]]al>armhole[dialect]]al>butthole[vulgar]]>asshole[vulgar]]>
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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