Dictionary Definition
rump
Noun
2 fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above
the round
3 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?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end,
keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end,
stern, seat, tail, tail end,
tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌmp
Noun
rumpDerived terms
Translations
the hindquarters of an animal; a cut of beef or
veal from the rump
the buttocks
Extensive Definition
The term rump can mean:
- The dorsal
posterior or sacral part of an
animal, as in:
- buttocks
- bird anatomy
- a cut of meat from that area, for example "Rump-Steak"
- In politics, a remnant of a larger political grouping that continues to exist after the group has formally dissolved or been abolished. See, for example:
-
- Rump legislature
- Rump organization
- Rump Parliament
- Rump state
- National Party (South Africa), a Rump party lead by DF Malan that won the 1948 elections against the United Party in South Africa
rump in Swedish: Rumpa
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Chateaubriand, afterglow, afterimage, backside, balance, beam, behind, blade roast, bottom, breast, brisket, butt, butt end, buttocks, candle ends, chaff, chuck, chuck roast, clod, cold cuts, croup, crupper, debris, derriere, detritus, end, fag end, fanny, filet mignon, filings, flank, fossil, haunches, hind end, holdover, husks, knuckle, leavings, leftovers, loin, nates, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parings, plate, plate piece, posterior, pot roast, rack, rags, rear, rear end, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rib roast, ribs, roach, roast, rolled roast, round, rubbish, ruins, rump roast, saddle, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shank, shavings, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod,
sirloin, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, tenderloin, trace, vestige, waste