"underarm" meaning in English

See underarm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/ [US] Audio: en-au-underarm.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: under- + arm Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|arm}} under- + arm Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} underarm (not comparable)
  1. For use under the arm. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: underarm crutch
    Sense id: en-underarm-en-adj-Ho2dV6RO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 39 5 25 31

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/ [US] Audio: en-au-underarm.ogg [Australia] Forms: underarms [plural]
Etymology: under- + arm Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|arm}} under- + arm Head templates: {{en-noun}} underarm (plural underarms)
  1. The armpit. Translations (armpit): besape (Basque), подмишница (podmišnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), akselo (Esperanto), subbrako (Esperanto), kainalo (Finnish), μασχάλη (mascháli) [feminine] (Greek), koltuk altı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-underarm-en-noun-YJi-UF0y Disambiguation of 'armpit': 97 3
  2. (cricket) Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-underarm-en-noun-ZCJu3FiE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 2 50 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 39 5 25 31 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overarm [cricket, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], sidearm

Verb

IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/ [US] Audio: en-au-underarm.ogg [Australia] Forms: underarms [present, singular, third-person], underarming [participle, present], underarmed [participle, past], underarmed [past]
Etymology: under- + arm Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|arm}} under- + arm Head templates: {{en-verb}} underarm (third-person singular simple present underarms, present participle underarming, simple past and past participle underarmed)
  1. (transitive) To supply with insufficient weaponry. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-underarm-en-verb-KcZIAYVh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 39 5 25 31

Inflected forms

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