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Definitions for Rump

[1] the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
[2] a cut of beef from this part of the animal, behind the loin and above the round.
[3] the buttocks.
[4] the last part, especially that which is unimportant or inferior: a rump of territory.
[5] the remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled.
[6] the Rump, English History . Rump Parliament.
[7] constituting a subsidiary or small group or the remnant of a once larger organization: Our local Shakespeare Club will hold a rump meeting at the Elizabethan Drama Teachers' convention.
[8] the hindquarters of a mammal, not including the legs
[9] the rear part of a bird's back, nearest to the tail
[10] a person's buttocks
[11] Also called: rump steak a cut of beef from behind the loin and above the round
[12] an inferior remnant

Words related to Rump

backside, back, duff, buttocks, butt, behind, seat, beam, tail, tush, can, bum, keister, moon, fanny, rear, prat, breech, sacrum, croup

Words nearby Rump

rummer, rummy, rumor, rumormonger, rumour, rump, rump parliament, rumpelstiltskin, rumpf, rumple, rumply

Origin of Rump

1375–1425; late Middle English rumpe < Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian, Swedish rumpe rump, tail; cognate with German Rumpf body, trunk

Other words from Rump

rump·less , adjective

Word origin for Rump

C15: from Scandinavian; compare Danish rumpe , Icelandic rumpr , German Rumpf trunk of the body

Synonyms for Rump

backside, back, beam, behind, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, can, croup, duff, fanny, haunches, hindquarters, keister, moon, prat, rear, sacrum, seat, tail, tush, butt end, derrière, hind end, rear end, tail end