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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The hollow under the upper part of the arm at the shoulder.
  2. n. Slang The most miserable or undesirable place in a particular area.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The hollow place or cavity under the shoulder; the axilla.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  2. n. Somewhere or something considered foul.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder

Etymologies

  1. From arm +‎ pit. (Wiktionary)

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  • reesetee Ohio? We always figured it was New Jersey. Sep 10, 2007

  • trivet What were the rest of them, then? I'm curious... Sep 10, 2007

  • uselessness My college roommate and I used to associate the 50 states with different parts of the body. Michigan, of course, is a hand. Ohio is the armpit. I won't even mention what Florida is. Sep 10, 2007

  • reesetee Yeah, it's an armpit of a word, isn't it? ;-) Sep 9, 2007

  • susitucker7 I have never liked this word. Sep 9, 2007

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‘armpit’ has been looked up 1761 times, loved by 1 person, added to 14 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 10.