noun
rump
RUHMP
noun
1
The hindquarters or buttocks of an animal or person.
"The horse swished its tail against its rump."
2
A cut of beef from this part of the animal.
"The butcher recommended the rump for slow roasting."
3
A small, powerless remnant of a larger group, especially a political body.
"Only a rump of the original committee remained after the resignations."
How to Use Rump
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe rear/backside of an animal or the meat cut from it, or figuratively, a small leftover fraction of a larger group.
Common pairings
rump steak
rump parliament
rump of a herd
Word Forms
rumped past tense, rumps plural, Rumps plural, rumps singular
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Etymology
From Old Norse rumpr, "rump," related to Middle Low German words for the trunk or bulk of a body; the political sense comes from England's Rump Parliament of 1648.