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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rump /rʌmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologythe hind part of the body of an animal.
- Fooda cut of beef from this part of the animal.
- Anatomythe buttocks.
- Governmentthe remaining part of a law-making body, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been removed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rump (rump),USA pronunciation n. - Zoologythe hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- a cut of beef from this part of the animal, behind the loin and above the round. See diag. under beef.
- Anatomythe buttocks.
- the last part, esp. that which is unimportant or inferior:a rump of territory.
- Governmentthe remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled.
- World History the Rump, [Eng. Hist.]See Rump Parliament.
adj. - 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.
- Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian, Swedish rumpe rump, tail; cognate with German Rumpf body, trunk
- late Middle English rumpe 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rump /rʌmp/ n - the hindquarters of a mammal, not including the legs
- the rear part of a bird's back, nearest to the tail
- a person's buttocks
- Also called: rump steak a cut of beef from behind the loin and above the round
- an inferior remnant
Etymology: 15th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Danish rumpe, Icelandic rumpr, German Rumpf trunk of the bodyˈrumpless adj |