Associations to the word «Underarm»

Wiktionary

UNDERARM, noun. The armpit.
UNDERARM, noun. (cricket) Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.
UNDERARM, adjective. For use under the arm.

Dictionary definition

UNDERARM, adverb. With the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm".
UNDERARM, adjective. With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats