- the hind part of the body of an animal, where the legs and back join, or the sacral part of a bird
- a cut of meat, usually beef, from this part, behind the loin and above the round
- the buttocks
- the last, unimportant or inferior part; mere remnant
- a legislature or other body having only a remnant of its former membership, as because of expulsions, and hence regarded as unrepresentative and without authority
Origin of rump
Middle English rumpe from Old Norse rumpr, akin to German rumpf, trunk (of the body) from Indo-European base an unverified form remb-, an unverified form romb-, to chop, notch from source Czech roubiti, to chop
