RUMP

hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump

(noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

rump

(noun) fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rump (plural rumps)

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

A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

The buttocks.

Remnant, as in Rump Parliament.

Synonyms

• (hindquarters of an animal): croupe, crupper

• (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal): round

• see buttocks

Anagrams

• MURP

Proper noun

Rump (plural Rumps)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rump is the 29986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 783 individuals. Rump is most common among White (91.32%) individuals.

Anagrams

• MURP

Source: Wiktionary

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Rump, n. Etym: [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG. rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump, tail.]

1. The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttoks.

2. Among butchers, the piece of beef betwen the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.

3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. The rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed. Swift.

– Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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