rump
IPA: rˈʌmp
noun
- The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
- A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
- The buttocks.
- A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
- A surname.
- (Britain, historical, with the) The Rump Parliament of 1648-1653 and 1659-1660.
verb
- (transitive) To turn one's back on, to show one's (clothed) backside to, as a sign of disrespect.
- (somewhat vulgar, slang) To fuck. (Compare bum (verb).)
- (UK, slang) To cheat.
- To ramble; to move (or talk) aimlessly.
- To move (someone or something) around.
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Examples of "rump" in Sentences
- Rump parliament and dissolution.
- The rump is colored pink, mauve and blue.
- It means the tail or rump, not the sheep.
- The rump is dull chestnut and the throat is buff.
- Anatomically, the rump corresponds to the sacrum.
- The Rumps is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort.
- Ham is the thigh and rump of pork from the haunch of a pig or boar.
- The back is ruddy brown, contrasting with the chestnut rump and tail.
- At least in the living species, the rump and tail are colored contrastingly.
- Nonetheless his appointment at Caius was at the behest of the Rump Parliament.