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rump [rʌmp] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the hindquarters of a mammal, not including the legs 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the rear part of a bird's back, nearest to the tail 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a person's buttocks 4. (Cookery) Also called rump steak a cut of beef from behind the loin and above the round 5. an inferior remnant [from Scandinavian; compare Danish rumpe, Icelandic rumpr, German Rumpf trunk of the body] rumpless adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
rump noun 2. buttocks, bottom, rear, backside (informal), tail (informal), seat, butt (U.S. & Canad. informal), bum (Brit. slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), buns (U.S. slang), arse (taboo slang), rear end, posterior, haunch, hindquarters, derrière (euphemistic), croup, jacksy (Brit. slang) jeans stretching across her rump Translations rump [rʌmp] rump n (of animal) → Hinterbacken pl; (of fowl) → Bürzel m; (inf: of person) → Hinterteil nt, → Allerwerteste(r) m (hum); rump steak → Rumpsteak nt; the Rump (Brit, Hist) → das Rumpfparlament (im 17. Jahrhundert in England) rump [rʌmp] n (of horse) → groppa (posteriore), culatta (Culin) → scamone m rump [rʌmp] n (of horse) → groppa (posteriore), culatta (Culin) → scamone m n rump [ramp] the hind part of an animal's body. kruis عَجْز задница zadek, kýta bagdel der Steiß κιλότο ancas, grupa (caballo) laudjas سرین؛ گوشت بالای ران takapuoli croupe עַכּוּז पुट्ठा, चूतड़, नितम्ब, अवशेष, तितिम्मा, बची खुची वस्तु stražnji dio, trtica far bagian belakang badan binatang lend groppa しり (사람, 짐승, 새의) 엉덩이, 둔부 pasturgalis astes gabals daging batang pinang achterdeel rumpe, bakdel zad anca crupă крестец zadok, stehno križ trtica bakdel, rumpa, gump สะโพกสัตว์ but, sağrı 動物的臀部或尾部 озадок, огузок کسی جانور کی دُم کی طرف کا حصہ mông; phao câu 尾部,臀部 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was doubtless wrong, from a family point of view, to sign a treaty with a man who had cut off the head of the king your father's brother-in-law, and to contract an alliance with a parliament which they call yonder the Rump Parliament; it was unbecoming, I acknowledge, but it was not unskillful from a political point of view, since, thanks to that treaty, I saved your majesty, then a minor, the trouble and danger of a foreign war, which the Fronde -- you remember the Fronde sire? The worthy fellow bounced from the elephant's neck to his rump, and vaulted like a clown on a spring-board; yet he laughed in the midst of his bouncing, and from time to time took a piece of sugar out of his pocket, and inserted it in Kiouni's trunk, who received it without in the least slackening his regular trot. Carthoris must have glanced behind him at about the same time and taken in the situation, for by the time I had reached Thuvia's side he was there also, and, springing from his mount, he threw her upon its back and, turning the animal's head toward the hills, gave the beast a sharp crack across the rump with the flat of his sword. |
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