Rump Definition
rŭmp
rumps
noun
rumps
The fleshy hindquarters of an animal.
American Heritage Medicine
A cut of meat, usually beef, from this part, behind the loin and above the round.
Webster's New World
The hind part of the body of an animal, where the legs and back join, or the sacral part of a bird.
Webster's New World
The buttocks.
Webster's New World
The last, unimportant or inferior part; mere remnant.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Rump
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rumpsOrigin of Rump
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From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump"), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log"). Cognate with Icelandic rumpur (“rump"), Swedish rumpa (“rump"), Dutch romp (“trunk, body, hull"), German Rumpf (“hull, trunk, torso, trunk").
From Wiktionary
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In the sense of remnant, first attested in the Rump Parliament of 1648.
From Wiktionary
Middle English rumpe of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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