Definitions for rump

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Spelling: [ruhmp]

IPA: /rʌmp/

Rump is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in rump (mpru).

Definitions for rump

noun

1. the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
2. a cut of beef from this part of the animal, behind the loin and above the round.
3. the buttocks.
4. the last part, especially that which is unimportant or inferior:
5. the remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled.
6. the Rump, English History. Rump Parliament.

adjective

1. constituting a subsidiary or small group or the remnant of a once larger organization:

Origin of rump

1375-1425; late Middle English rumpe Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian, Swedish rumpe rump, tail; cognate with German Rumpf body, trunk

Examples for rump

According to tradition, that's what Oliver Cromwell told the English “rump parliament” when he dissolved it in 1653.

The Miller brand, a plain Block, showed now and then upon the rump of some animal.

According to SEC filings, it is this rump company which will be left with liability for any crimes.

Well hold it tight, your honour, for if it goes off it might kick me with its rump.

When legs are set shake and carefully pull skin of rump into place.

The GOP today is a rump amalgamation of plutocrats and the people who service their air conditioning.

Take a rump of beef, or about eight pounds of the brisket, and stew it till it is quite tender, in as much water as will cover it.

The rump euro zone would be stronger, and currencies can do pretty well during a crisis, depending on how the central bank reacts.

Whether the vote in a rump referendum over the weekend genuinely reflected public opinion in the eastern-most regions is doubtful.

Subrosa kicked at the trace and flipped it up so that it struck him smartly on the rump.