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armpit

'ɑ:mpit4 senses · 51 ms
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noun/ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
  1. 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. 2

    Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.colloquialderogatory

    • the armpit of America

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