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Definition: Armpit |
ArmpitNoun1. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "armpit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Armpit \Arm"pit`\, noun. [Arm pit.]. (references) |
Synonyms: ArmpitSynonyms: axilla (n), axillary cavity (n), axillary fossa (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Armpit |
| English words defined with "armpit": arteria axillaris, axillary, axillary artery, axillary node ♦ crutch ♦ intertrigo ♦ modified radical mastectomy, Moton ♦ Oxter ♦ radical mastectomy, roundel ♦ Subaxillary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "armpit": axillary dissection, axillary lymph node dissection, axillary lymph nodes ♦ compression paralysis, crutch palsy, crutch paralysis ♦ mantle field ♦ negative axillary lymph nodes ♦ positive axillary lymph nodes. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "armpit": gusset. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Armpit" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (armpit). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're a cynical, exploitive, mean-hearted creep who wouldn't know real love if it bit him in the armpit. (Runaway Bride; writing credit: Josann McGibbon; Sara Parriott) Man the name is Armpit. (Holes; writing credit: Louis Sachar) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or boil under his armpit. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A squat young man came out of the porch, a leather portfolio tucked under his armpit. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hodgkin's disease tends to involve peripheral lymph nodes (those near the surface of the body), where the first sign of disease may be a painless swelling in the neck, armpit, or groin. (references) | |
They only crawl, not fly or jump. Ticks can attach to any part of the human body but often crawl to the more hidden areas to feed such as the groin or armpit and often where clothing is tight. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Armpit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Armpit" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 75 | 38,535 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "armpit": armpit-length. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
armpit | 743 | armpit shaving | 29 |
hairy and armpit | 722 | armpit internet | 28 |
armpit hair | 122 | armpit stain | 27 |
male armpit | 81 | sweaty armpit | 27 |
hairy armpit on woman | 65 | armpit hair woman | 23 |
armpit female | 55 | armpit hairy male | 23 |
female hairy armpit | 51 | woman armpit | 22 |
armpit lump | 47 | armpit in pain | 22 |
lump in armpit | 44 | hairy armpit picture | 21 |
armpit pain | 41 | armpit dark | 21 |
armpit fetish | 41 | armpit photo | 21 |
armpit gallery | 40 | armpit shaved | 21 |
girl hairy armpit | 40 | armpit pic | 20 |
armpit rash | 40 | armpit boy | 19 |
armpit tickling | 36 | armpit sore | 18 |
licking armpit | 35 | armpit hairy man | 18 |
armpit lump under | 30 | armpit in lymph node swollen | 18 |
armpit picture | 29 | female hairy armpit picture | 18 |
armpit gay | 29 | armpit sex | 17 |
6 armpit | 29 | armpit girl | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "armpit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sqetull (oxter, pit). (various references) | |
Arabic | إبط. (various references) | |
Aymara | chheqanqara. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | подмишница (oxter). (various references) | |
Chamorro | afa'fa'. (various references) | |
Chinese | 胳 , 腋窝, 腋 . (various references) | |
Czech | podpaží. (various references) | |
Dutch | oksel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | akselo. (various references) | |
Farsi | زیربغل , بغل (Bosom, Sheaf). (various references) | |
Finnish | kainalokuoppa, kainalo. (various references) | |
French | aisselle. (various references) | |
Frisian | earmsholte. (various references) | |
German | Achselhöhle (axillary). (various references) | |
Greek | μασχάλη (arm pit). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית "שחי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hónalj (arm-hole, axil, axilla, pits). (various references) | |
Icelandic | handarkriki. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ketiak. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uniq. (various references) | |
Italian | ascella (axilla, lath). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腋窩 , 腋下 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | えきか (liquefaction). (various references) | |
Korean | 겨"랑이 (Axillary). (various references) | |
Manx | oghlish, aghlish (armful, axil). (various references) | |
Papiamen | sobako, kòkòdèk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | armpitay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sovaco (armhole), axila (armhole). (various references) | |
Romanian | subsuoarã (arm pit). (various references) | |
Russian | подмышка (oxter). (various references) | |
Scottish | achlais (arm-pit). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pazuho (axil, axilla, oxter). (various references) | |
Spanish | sobaco (oxter, underarm). (various references) | |
Swedish | armhåla. (various references) | |
Thai | รักแร้. (various references) | |
Turkish | koltuk altı (axilla). (various references) | |
Turkmen | goltuk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пахва (axilla, oxter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nách. (various references) | |
Welsh | cesail (bosom). (various references) | |
Yucatec | yanal xiik', xiik' (wing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ala, alae, alam, alarum, alas, alis, ascella, ascellas, axilla, medala. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "armpit": armpits. (additional references) | |
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"Armpit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ampato, ampi, armite, armpet, armpi, Arpi, rampet, rampit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "armpit" (pronounced Ä"rmpi't) |
| 3 | -p i' t | cockpit, pulpit, respite. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: impart. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: atrip, prima, tapir, tramp. | |
-2 letters: airt, amir, mair, mart, pair, part, pima, pita, pram, prat, prim, rami, ramp, rapt, tamp, tarp, tram, trap, trim, trip. | |
-3 letters: aim, air, ait, ami, amp, apt, arm, art, imp, map, mar, mat, mir, pam, par, pat, pia, pit, ram, rap, rat, ria, rim, rip, tam, tap, tar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: armpits, crampit, imparts, mispart, primate. | |
+2 letters: apterium, atropism, crampits, impacter, impactor, imparity, imparted, imparter, misparts, pastrami, pastromi, preadmit, primatal, primates, protamin, teraphim, tramping, trampish. | |
+3 letters: ametropia, ametropic, atropisms, impacters, impactors, imparters, impartial, imparting, imperator, impetrate, implanter, important, imprecate, metacarpi, misparted, multipart, palmistry, pastramis, pastromis, patrimony, pictogram, practicum, pragmatic, preadmits, preatomic, primality, primatals, primatial, prismatic, privatism, prostomia, protamine, protamins, proximate, ptarmigan, rebaptism, reimplant, septarium, spearmint, spermatia, spermatic, spermatid, sympatric, tampering, trampling, trapezium, triumphal. | |
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