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rump

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rump  (rmp)
n.
1. The fleshy hindquarters of an animal.
2. A cut of beef or veal from the rump.
3. The buttocks.
4. The part of a bird's back nearest the tail.
5. The last or inferior part.
6. A legislature having only a small part of its original membership and therefore being unrepresentative or lacking in authority.

[Middle English rumpe, of Scandinavian origin.]

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
Noun1.rumprump - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
haunch - the loin and leg of a quadruped
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
2.rump - fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle
rump steak - a steak cut from the rump
rump roast - a cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal
3.rumprump - 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?"
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

rump
noun
1. remains, rest, those left, remaining part The rump of the party does still have assets.
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]
A. N
1. (Anat) [of horse etc] → ancas fpl, grupa f; [of bird] → rabadilla f [of person] → trasero m (Culin) → cuarto m trasero, cadera f
2. (esp Brit) [of party etc] → parte f que queda
there's just a rump leftquedan solamente unos pocos
B. CPD rump steak Nfilete m de lomo de vaca or (LAm) de res

rump [ˈrʌmp] n
[animal] → croupe f
(also rump steak) → romsteck m

rump
n (of animal)Hinterbacken pl; (of fowl)Bürzel m; (inf: of person) → Hinterteil nt, → Allerwerteste(r) m (hum); rump steakRumpsteak 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

rump
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


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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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