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Underarm

//ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    For use under the arm. not-comparable

    "A 1997 study found that about 104 million American women were using underarm deodorant products."

Adjective
  1. 1
    with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    with the hand swung below shoulder level wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The armpit. attributive, often

    "underarm deodorant"

  2. 2
    Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.
Verb
  1. 1
    To supply with insufficient weaponry. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From under- + arm. The armpit sense is not old, historically speaking (1920s), and it is believed to have arisen as a euphemism in advertising.

Etymology 2

From under- + arm. The armpit sense is not old, historically speaking (1920s), and it is believed to have arisen as a euphemism in advertising.

Etymology 3

From under- + arm. The armpit sense is not old, historically speaking (1920s), and it is believed to have arisen as a euphemism in advertising.

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