Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Located, placed, or used under the arm.
- adj. Sports Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underhand.
- adv. With an underarm motion or delivery.
- n. The armpit.
Wiktionary
Examples
“From the photo (on Grumperina's blog?), the sleeves seem to be very stretchy and slightly set in; the "underarm" stretches enough to cover the shoulder point without being too bulky under the arms.”
“For instance, in the 1960s and 1970s, over two-thirds of all CFCs manufactured in the world were incorporated in aerosol cans for consumer products, such as underarm deodorants and shaving creams.”
“However, I have noticed that the laundry detergent has a difficult time tackling stains such as underarm stains or grease spots.”
“Cons: Tough time fighting hard stains such as underarm and grease stains”
“The new England goalkeeper shirt also boasts a specially shaped underarm gusset to maximise freedom of movement.”
“The stripe continues at the back of the shirt and is connected to the underarm end of the front stripe.”
“Details on the football shirt are in black, and include a curved stripe on the side of the shirt, and a wide black stripe on the underarm which extends to the collar.”
“Details on the shirt are in white with a wide stripe on the underarm which extends to the collar.”
“Details on the shirt are in white, and include a curved stripe on the side of the shirt, and a wide red stripe on the underarm which extends to the collar.”
“But I'm reasonably confident that my facial hair is more recalcitrant than either their leg or underarm hair.”
Lists
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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Cricket!
Despite not understanding the game at all, I love the vocabulary.
run-a-ball, roundarm, silly mid-off, mongoose bat, dlf maximum, citi moment of su..., ipl, across the line, agricultural shot, all out, anchor, ashes and 76 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for underarm.
dontcry Apparently NOT cricket. At all!
*having fun watching cricket for the first time!*
*became an instant fan*
*totally confused* Aug 25, 2009
Prolagus I know where the summer goes
When you're having no fun
When you're under the thumb
I know where the summer dwells
If your underarm smells
And your kitchen looks like hell.
(I know where the summer goes, by Belle and Sebastian) Nov 13, 2008