underarm
Meanings
noun
- The armpit.
- Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.
adj
- For use under the arm.
verb
- To supply with insufficient weaponry.
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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.
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