rump
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rump¹
- /ˈɹʌmp/ US, UK
- /ˈɹɐmp/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɾʌmp/ Scotland, Wales
- /ˈɹʊmp/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌmp
Where it comes from
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.
noun rumps
- The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
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A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
Similar: round
- The buttocks.
- A remnant, as in Rump Parliament. 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.
verb rumps · rumping · rumped
- To turn one's back on, to show one's (clothed) backside to, as a sign of disrespect. 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.
- To fuck. (Compare bum (verb).) Rodrigo had also set eyes on a woman at court but I doubt he was rumping her in the hay, like I was with Maria. In Rodrigo's case, it was more a sort of teenager fascination of the unobtainable.
- To cheat. Seems this Stevie had a score to settle with some guy that had rumped him over a bundle of traveller's cheques and he thought by telling me this guy was the one that shot me I'd find him and kill him stone dead; […]
- To ramble; to move (or talk) aimlessly. […] Mr. Turner. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Allegheny has been rumping around for several minutes and I think I ought to have a chance to rump a little bit.
- To move (someone or something) around. Barney rumped him out to the step, but the kid hung onto the door. Wind roared into the cab. Cold. Slicing up Barney's trouser's legs, pressing his shirt. The rig's heavy treads machinegunned the pavement.
Rump²
proper noun Rumps
- A surname.
- The Rump Parliament of 1648-1653 and 1659-1660. Before executing Charles I, the Rump made it illegal to proclaim anyone else king to replace him.
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Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
Similar: DJT, The Donald, Trump, Cheeto, Dementia Don, Diaper Don, Dirty Donald, Donald Duck, Donald Trumpet, Don Snoreleone, Don the Con, Dozy Don
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tail, tush, posterior, buns, bum, butt, keister, arse, backside, bottom, ass, croup, tooshie, croupe, rear, derriere
Translations
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noun the hindquarters of an animal
| Español | grupa, ancas |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 尻 shiri |
| Português | garupa, anca |
| Français | croupe |
| Deutsch | Kruppe |
| Italiano | girello, culaccio, culatta, groppa, posteriore |
| Русский | круп krup |
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