underarm

English

Etymology

under- +‎ arm

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/

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Noun

underarm (plural underarms)

1. The armpit.
2. (cricket) Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.

Related terms

• (cricket) overarm, sidearm

Translations

armpit

• Basque: besape
• Bulgarian: подмишница (bg) f (podmišnica)
• Esperanto: akselo (eo), subbrako
• Finnish: kainalo (fi)
• Greek: μασχάλη (el) f (mascháli)
• Turkish: koltuk altı (tr)

Adjective

underarm (not comparable)

1. For use under the arm.
   • 2001, Victoria Sherrow, For appearance' sake:

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

Derived terms

• underarm crutch

 

Verb

underarm (third-person singular simple present underarms, present participle underarming, simple past and past participle underarmed)

1. (transitive) To supply with insufficient weaponry.

Anagrams

• Ruderman, unmarred

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +‎ arm.

Noun

underarm m (definite singular underarmen, indefinite plural underarmer, definite plural underarmene)

1. (anatomy) forearm

Related terms

• overarm

References

• “underarm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From under- +‎ arm.

Noun

underarm m (definite singular underarmen, indefinite plural underarmar, definite plural underarmane)

1. (anatomy) forearm

Related terms

• overarm

References

• “underarm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

under- +‎ arm

Noun

underarm c

1. (anatomy) underarm

Declension

Declension of underarm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	underarm	underarmen	underarmar	underarmarna
Genitive	underarms	underarmens	underarmars	underarmarnas

See also

• överarm