armpit

Other forms of armpit

plural

armpits·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about armpit

What does armpit mean?

armpit means "the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder".

How many syllables are in armpit?

armpit has 2 syllables: arm-pit. The stress falls on "arm". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/.

What is another word for armpit?

Close synonyms include axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is armpit a common word?

armpit is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with armpit?

3 words rhyme with armpit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.