rump
noun/rʌmp/
/rʌmp/
- [countable] the round area at the top of the back legs of an animal that has four legs
- He slapped the horse on the rump.
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- [uncountable] (also rump steak [countable, uncountable])a piece of good quality meat cut from the rump of a cowTopics Foodc2
- [countable, usually singular] (humorous) the part of the body that you sit on synonym backside
- [singular] (British English) the small or unimportant part of a group or an organization that remains when most of its members have left
- The election reduced the party to a rump.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish and Norwegian rumpe ‘backside’.
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