adj
Meaning 1
For use under the arm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underarm
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N D ER0 AA1 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The armpit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Examples
- underarm deodorant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To supply with insufficient weaponry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an underhand pitch
- an underhand stroke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underhand, underhanded
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
with the hand swung below shoulder level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- throwing a ball underarm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underhand
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From under- + arm. The armpit sense is not old, historically speaking (1920s), and it is believed to have arisen as a euphemism in advertising.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: qoltuqaltı — armpit
- Basque: besape — armpit
- Bulgarian: подмишница (podmišnica) — armpit
- Esperanto: akselo — armpit
- Esperanto: subbrako — armpit
- Finnish: kainalo — armpit
- Greek: μασχάλη (mascháli) — armpit
- Hawaiian: ʻēʻē — armpit
- Hawaiian: pōʻaeʻae — armpit
- Italian: ascella — armpit
- Russian: подмышка (podmýška) — armpit
- Turkish: koltuk altı — armpit