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Here are real-life examples of using "rump": Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump. Where does rump roast come from?

Rump Meaning

/ˈɹʌmp/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs

nounA cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

Sentence Examples

Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.

Where does rump roast come from?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

seat tail behind

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

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

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The butcher recommended the ____ steak as the most flavorful cut for slow cooking.

Word Origin & History

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 of an animal, gradually morphing to refer to the "remnant" aspect of the Parliament rather than its perceived unsavory nature.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Branch report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708:

"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." — 1839, The Corsair, page 173:

"Soon afterwards, meeting the lecturer, whom he had been previously in the habit of greeting with great courtesy, the Duke looked him fairly down, and then rumped him without mercy." — 1850, Erskine Neale, The life of ... Edward, duke of Kent, page 196:

"When Lord Carteret and the Earl of Sunderland went to court in 1734 to pay their respects after the marriage of Carteret's daughter to Sunderland's brother, John Spencer, MP, the king turned his back upon them ('rumped' them […])." — 2006, Hannah Smith, Georgian Monarchy: Politics and Culture, 1714-1760, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 219:

"Next day he walked to St James's Palace to be presented to his godfather, the famously rude King George II, who 'rumped' him (turned his back on him) without a word. Hervey's successes at sea had not dispelled the displeasure caused by ..." — 2010, Tim Clayton, Tars, Hodder, →ISBN:

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