underarm

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ arm. The armpit sense is not old, historically speaking (1920s), and it is believed to have arisen as a euphemism in advertising. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌndɚˌɑɹm/ === Noun === underarm (plural underarms) (often attributive) The armpit. (cricket) Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder. ==== Related terms ==== (cricket) overarm, sidearm ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === underarm (not comparable) For use under the arm. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === underarm (third-person singular simple present underarms, present participle underarming, simple past and past participle underarmed) (transitive) To supply with insufficient weaponry. === Anagrams === Ruderman, unmarred == Danish == === Etymology === From under- +‎ arm. === Noun === underarm c (singular definite underarmen, plural indefinite underarme) (anatomy) forearm ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== overarm === References === “underarm” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From under- +‎ arm. === Noun === underarm m (definite singular underarmen, indefinite plural underarmer, definite plural underarmene) (anatomy) forearm ==== Related terms ==== overarm === References === “underarm” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From under- +‎ arm. === Noun === underarm m (definite singular underarmen, indefinite plural underarmar, definite plural underarmane) (anatomy) forearm ==== Related terms ==== overarm === References === “underarm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === under- +‎ arm === Noun === underarm c (anatomy) forearm ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== armbågsben (“ulna, elbow bone”) strålben (“radius, radial bone”) underben (“lower leg”) överarm (“upper arm”) === References === “underarm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “underarm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH