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   rump

   /rʌmp/

   noun

   • 1. the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird: "the harrier is distinguished by its prominent white rump"
   • ▪ a person's buttocks: humorous "he removed his hand from Shirley's rump" Similar buttocksbehindbacksidebottomrearrear endseathaunchescheekshindquarterscroupderrièreSitzfleischinformal:sit-uponsternBTMtochusrusty dustybumbottypratjacksiebuttfannytushtushietailduffbunsbootycabooseheiniepatootiekeistertuchisbazoobippybattyrasshumorous:fundamentposteriorvulgar slang:arseclungeasstechnical:natesarchaic:breech
   • 2. a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger: "once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left" Similar remainderremaining part/numberrestremnantremnantsremainsthose left
   • ▪ short for Rump Parliament

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish and Norwegian rumpe ‘backside’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rumpless adjective

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