underarm

What does underarm mean?

underarm means "with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in underarm?

underarm has 3 syllables: un-de-rarm. The stress falls on "rarm". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚˈɑɹm/.

What is another word for underarm?

Close synonyms include underhand, underhanded, underhand. 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 underarm a common word?

underarm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 underarm?

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

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for underarm come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.