rump

CEFRC1

/rˈʌmp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The back part of an animal's body or a person's bottom.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

Examples

  • Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.

  • Where does rump roast come from?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹʌmp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The buttocks.

  2. The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs

  3. A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.

More examples

In context

  • Before executing Charles I, the Rump made it illegal to proclaim anyone else king to replace him.

  • And when they succeeded in forcing themselves back upon the King, who loathed them, and had rumped them, they put the Great Seal into Commission, and omitted Lord Brougham's name in the list of the Cabinet.

  • This is the rump of the C.L.C. branch to Southport Lord Street, which lost its passenger services beyond Aintree from January 7, 1952, whereupon the timetable between Gateacre and Aintree was greatly curtailed.

Synonyms

Quick test

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The roast came from the animal's muscular hind part, specifically the blank.

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Origin

noun

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”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”). Cognate with Icelandic rumpur (“rump”), Swedish rumpa (“rump”), Dutch romp (“trunk, body, hull”), German Rumpf (“hull, trunk, torso, trunk”). In the sense of remnant, first attested in the Rump Parliament of 1648; its original meaning here was a reference to the rotten, unclean hindquarters...