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Webster 1913 Edition

Rump

Rump

,
Noun.
[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 buttocks.
2.
Among butchers, the piece of beef between 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rump

RUMP

, n.
1.
The end of the back bone of an animal with the parts adjacent. Among the Jews, the rump was esteemed the most delicate part of the animal.
2.
The buttocks.

Definition 2024

rump

rump

English

Noun

rump ‎(plural rumps)

  1. The hindquarters of an animal
  2. A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
  3. The buttocks.
  4. Remnant, as in rump parliament.

Synonyms

  • (hindquarters of an animal): croupe, crupper
  • (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal): round
  • see Wikisaurus:buttocks

Derived terms

Translations

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse rumpr ‎(“rump”), from Middle Low German rump ‎(“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), from Proto-Germanic *rumpō ‎(“trunk of a tree, log”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʌmp]

Noun

rump ‎(plural rumps)

  1. (anatomy) rump
  2. a topside beef cut

Derived terms

  • rump an stump ‎(“completely, wholly, in its entirety”)
  • rumple ‎(“rump, tail, haunches, buttocks, seat”)

Verb

rump ‎(third-person singular present rumps, present participle rumpin, past rumpit, past participle rumpit)

  1. to plunder, clean out of money
  2. (colloquial, humorous) Sexual intercourse.

Derived terms

Etymology

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”). 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

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