What is another word for armpits?

Pronunciation: [ˈɑːmpɪts] (IPA)

Armpits are those small, rounded areas on the underside of the arms, where the arm meets the torso. There are a variety of synonyms that can be used to describe this area of the body, including "underarms," "axilla," "pit," "pit of the arm," and "glenoid cavity." Some people may also refer to this area as the "sweat glands" due to the production of moisture that occurs there. Additionally, some slang terms may be used by different cultures or regions to describe this area of the body, such as "pits" or "pits of doom".

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    axilla, body parts, Armpit region, underarm area.

Usage examples for Armpits

A vesicular eruption of the skin may occur, seen principally between the toes and on the inside of the flank and in the armpits, with subsequent loss of hair and epidermis.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The investigators sat within a couple of feet of the medium, and would draw back the curtains, and while holding her hands and her feet, would watch great masses of filmy gray and white stuff exude from the medium's mouth, from her armpits and breasts and sides.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
He sniffed his armpits.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills

Famous quotes with Armpits

  • Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.
    Pink
  • 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.
    Michelle Rodriguez
  • And my own affairs were as bad, as dismal, as the day I had been born. The only difference was that now I could drink now and then, though never often enough. Drink was the only thing that kept a man from feeling forever stunned and useless. Everything else just kept picking and picking, hacking away. And nothing was interesting, nothing. The people were restrictive and careful, all alike. And I've got to live with these fuckers for the rest of my life, I thought. God, they all had assholes and sexual organs and their mouths and their armpits. They shit and they chattered and they were dull as horse dung. The girls looked good from a distance, the sun shining through their dresses, their hair. But get up close and listen to their minds running out of their mouths, you felt like digging in under a hill and hiding out with a tommy-gun. I would certainly never be able to be happy, to get married, I could never have children. Hell, I couldn't even get a job as a dishwasher.
    Charles Bukowski
  • Thus did the Holy Harlots unhinge the brains of man, and when they met and clashed with the pure Mountain Maidens, they raised their white arms high, their armpits smelled of musk, and, as the rites decreed, both fought their verbal war: "God swoops from mountain peeks to eat and play on earth; we are his food and drink and even his sacred toys — and learn, O sterile maids, we are his soft, sweet mates. Let her now leave who fears to merge with her dread God!" The scornful savage mouth of Krino flashed reply: "We will not leave! We guard the innocent soul of man! God is a spirit with pure white wings, a soul that sails, light, disembodied, deep in our thoughts, without embrace. It's we who keep the world in bloom with virgin souls!"
    Nikos Kazantzakis

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