Armpit
noun
The part under your arm where your arm joins your body.
He wiped his sweaty armpit with his hand
Often appears as...
- sweaty armpit
- shave armpit
noun
A very unpleasant or dirty place.
This city is an armpit, it's time to move to a cleaner place
Often appears as...
- this place is an armpit
- live in an armpit
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The part under your arm where your arm joins your body.
He wiped his sweaty armpit with his hand
Often appears as...
- sweaty armpit
- shave armpit
noun
A very unpleasant or dirty place.
This city is an armpit, it's time to move to a cleaner place
Often appears as...
- this place is an armpit
- live in an armpit
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Body Vocabulary
Armpit is part of basic body vocabulary, important for medical topics or personal hygiene discussions.
When checking for symptoms, the doctor examined his armpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Talk
Commonly used in informal situations, like talking about personal care or casual routines.
I forgot to put deodorant on my armpits this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Can be sensitive or embarrassing to some people, so use discretion in formal or unfamiliar settings.
She felt self-conscious about lifting her arms because her armpits were sweaty.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Vocabulary
Armpit is part of basic body vocabulary, important for medical topics or personal hygiene discussions.
When checking for symptoms, the doctor examined his armpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Talk
Commonly used in informal situations, like talking about personal care or casual routines.
I forgot to put deodorant on my armpits this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Can be sensitive or embarrassing to some people, so use discretion in formal or unfamiliar settings.
She felt self-conscious about lifting her arms because her armpits were sweaty.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Vocabulary
Armpit is part of basic body vocabulary, important for medical topics or personal hygiene discussions.
When checking for symptoms, the doctor examined his armpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Talk
Commonly used in informal situations, like talking about personal care or casual routines.
I forgot to put deodorant on my armpits this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Can be sensitive or embarrassing to some people, so use discretion in formal or unfamiliar settings.
She felt self-conscious about lifting her arms because her armpits were sweaty.
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The Reality Behind...
And that's just from where she hasn't been kept to the right temperatures and the right humidity. So she hasn't been able to shed her skin when she needs to. And actually got to the point where she had so many layers of shed around her armpits and stuff that they started to split open a little bit, and she had to go to the vets and have that kind of cleaned up
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The Killer Rat with...
But they're quite rare, not many more. Well you've got Lorises, for example, and they've got the kind of toxin gland under their armpits. And they're able to harvest the venom in their teeth, Which is pretty impressive. And also duck billed platypus males, they've got the claw when they when they're protecting females from other males.
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Lifesaving Medicines...
you'll often see them kind of licking their armpits which when mixed with saliva or that those toxins basically can cause a really severe allergic reaction and they actually end up coating their young in this saliva to protect them from predators I mean venom has so many capabilities and we have lots of different types of venom in the
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Safari Live - Day 23 PIPE...
idea of how deep the river actually is a big bull elephant like this we could there's a nice cool drink a big bull elephant like this I could probably walk underneath the front of his armpits that's at all he is maybe just brushing the top of my head but around about six
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The smelly mystery of...
you might smell coriander, or cilantro, that herb, either as something delicious and savory or something like soap. So we each have an individual world of smell, and that complicates anything when we're studying smell. Well, we really ought to talk about armpits,
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Ben Saunders: To the...
as like walking over the glass roof of a railway station. We fell through more times than I can remember, usually just putting a ski or a boot through the snow. Occasionally we went in all the way up to our armpits, but thankfully never deeper than that.
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What causes body odor? -...
So what determines how strong your body odor might be? It depends on the resident microbial populations in your armpit, and the nutrients that your glands provide them with. Your genes help determine what compounds you produce, and in what quantity,
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Why do we have hair in...
Why we have hair in other regions is... more pungent. Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse.
Video examples
Reprogramming Perception...
on every surface of your body and influence everything from your behavior to your mood and it's such an integral part of who you are. I started to grow my own cultures just to see what they were. What do they look like from my armpit?
Video examples
What is Skin? PIPE National...
hotter the body the deeper the red no surprise some of the warmest parts of our bodies our foreheads palms and armpits correlate with the greatest concentration of sweat glands
Video examples
The Reality Behind...
And that's just from where she hasn't been kept to the right temperatures and the right humidity. So she hasn't been able to shed her skin when she needs to. And actually got to the point where she had so many layers of shed around her armpits and stuff that they started to split open a little bit, and she had to go to the vets and have that kind of cleaned up
Video examples
The Killer Rat with...
But they're quite rare, not many more. Well you've got Lorises, for example, and they've got the kind of toxin gland under their armpits. And they're able to harvest the venom in their teeth, Which is pretty impressive. And also duck billed platypus males, they've got the claw when they when they're protecting females from other males.
Video examples
Lifesaving Medicines...
you'll often see them kind of licking their armpits which when mixed with saliva or that those toxins basically can cause a really severe allergic reaction and they actually end up coating their young in this saliva to protect them from predators I mean venom has so many capabilities and we have lots of different types of venom in the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 23 PIPE...
idea of how deep the river actually is a big bull elephant like this we could there's a nice cool drink a big bull elephant like this I could probably walk underneath the front of his armpits that's at all he is maybe just brushing the top of my head but around about six
Video examples
The smelly mystery of...
you might smell coriander, or cilantro, that herb, either as something delicious and savory or something like soap. So we each have an individual world of smell, and that complicates anything when we're studying smell. Well, we really ought to talk about armpits,
Video examples
Ben Saunders: To the...
as like walking over the glass roof of a railway station. We fell through more times than I can remember, usually just putting a ski or a boot through the snow. Occasionally we went in all the way up to our armpits, but thankfully never deeper than that.
Video examples
What causes body odor? -...
So what determines how strong your body odor might be? It depends on the resident microbial populations in your armpit, and the nutrients that your glands provide them with. Your genes help determine what compounds you produce, and in what quantity,
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
Why we have hair in other regions is... more pungent. Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse.
Video examples
Reprogramming Perception...
on every surface of your body and influence everything from your behavior to your mood and it's such an integral part of who you are. I started to grow my own cultures just to see what they were. What do they look like from my armpit?
Video examples
What is Skin? PIPE National...
hotter the body the deeper the red no surprise some of the warmest parts of our bodies our foreheads palms and armpits correlate with the greatest concentration of sweat glands
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Quote examples
Jessica Biel
American Actress
In the car on my way to premieres and awards shows, I'll sit with tissue paper under my armpits so I don't soil the delicate dress fabric. The whole time, I'm telling myself, 'Please don't sweat, please don't sweat.' I throw the tissues out right before I step out of the car, and nobody ever knows! I just put on a smile and fake it.
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John Niven
Scottish Author
Among the Internet's many gains for humanity, decreasing paranoia has not been one of them. Anything from that lump under your armpit to what's lurking in the sea - just type it into a search engine and watch your nerves explode.
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Quinton Jackson
American Mixed Martial Artist
I like to see my hand raised at the end of the night. I like when the ref raises my hand. That's why I shave my armpits like the professionals wrestlers. I like to see my arm raised.
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John Boyega
British Actor
My stormtrooper suit would chip underneath the armpits and in between the thighs. So they had to do a lot of editing for my costume and shave some areas down.
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Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
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Matt Serra
American Mixed Martial Artist
They had to cut me open through my armpit and cut through whatever they had to cut through and get my rib out.
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Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
Call me old-fashioned, but armpit hair is not high up there on my wish list of things to have.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Taylor Schilling
American Actress
I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
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Paula Cole
American Musician
Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.
Quote examples
Jessica Biel
American Actress
In the car on my way to premieres and awards shows, I'll sit with tissue paper under my armpits so I don't soil the delicate dress fabric. The whole time, I'm telling myself, 'Please don't sweat, please don't sweat.' I throw the tissues out right before I step out of the car, and nobody ever knows! I just put on a smile and fake it.
Quote examples
John Niven
Scottish Author
Among the Internet's many gains for humanity, decreasing paranoia has not been one of them. Anything from that lump under your armpit to what's lurking in the sea - just type it into a search engine and watch your nerves explode.
Quote examples
Quinton Jackson
American Mixed Martial Artist
I like to see my hand raised at the end of the night. I like when the ref raises my hand. That's why I shave my armpits like the professionals wrestlers. I like to see my arm raised.
Quote examples
John Boyega
British Actor
My stormtrooper suit would chip underneath the armpits and in between the thighs. So they had to do a lot of editing for my costume and shave some areas down.
Quote examples
Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
Quote examples
Matt Serra
American Mixed Martial Artist
They had to cut me open through my armpit and cut through whatever they had to cut through and get my rib out.
Quote examples
Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
Call me old-fashioned, but armpit hair is not high up there on my wish list of things to have.
Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
Quote examples
Taylor Schilling
American Actress
I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
Quote examples
Paula Cole
American Musician
Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.
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