underneaths
- 1Plural of underneath.
Rust had eaten through the underneaths of both cars.
The producer recorded a set of soft underneaths to play beneath the station announcements.
Note
The plural simply adds -s, and only the noun takes it; the preposition and adverb spelled underneath have no plural. It counts the bottoms of things (the underneaths of the chairs) or, in radio, the stretches of background sound laid under announcements. The same spelling also serves as a word for the genitalia.
- 2A childish word for the genitals.
"Does it hurt in your underneaths?" the nurse gently asked the four-year-old.
The picture book teaches small children that their underneaths are private.
Similarprivates
Note
Small children use it, and so do adults talking with them. It usually comes in the plural with a possessive, your underneaths or my underneaths, and turns up in children's own questions about their bodies, as in Susan Isaacs's Social Development In Young Children: "Are your underneaths like my underneaths, Mummy?" Outside that setting it sounds babyish, and genitals or private parts is the usual choice.
underneaths is a form of underneath
underneath, noun: The bottom or underside of something. Full entry
- Forms
- underneathunderneaths plural
- Spelling
- underneath → underneaths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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