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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUMP, n.
1. The end of the back bone of an animal with the parts adjacent. Among the Jews, the rump was esteemed the most delicate part of the animal.
2. The buttocks.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump]
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, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish rumpe rump; akin to Middle High German rumph torso Date: 15th century 1. a. the upper rounded part of the hindquarters of a quadruped mammal b. buttocks c. the sacral or dorsal part of the posterior end of a bird 2. a cut of meat (as beef) between the loin and round — see beef illustration 3. a small or inferior remnant or offshoot; especially a group (as a parliament) carrying on in the name of the original body after the departure or expulsion of a large number of its members

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the hind part of a mammal, esp. the buttocks. 2 a a small or contemptible remnant of a parliament or similar body. b (the Rump) hist. the remnant of the English Long Parliament 1648-53 or after its restoration in 1659. Phrases and idioms: rump steak a cut of beef from the rump. Derivatives: rumpless adj. Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rump Rump, n. [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG. rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump, tail.] 1. The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks. 2. Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef. 3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. The Rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed. --Swift. Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump. --Goldsmith.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rumps) 1. The rump of a group, organization, or country consists of the members who remain in it after the rest have left. (mainly BRIT) The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets... N-SING: with supp 2. An animal's rump is its rear end. The cows' rumps were marked with a number. N-COUNT: usu poss N 3. Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rump: the King James Version uses this word as translation of 'alyah (Ex 29:22; Le 3:9; 7:3; 8:25; 9:19), where the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "fat tail." Reference is here had to the broad tail of the Syrian sheep, which occasionally weighs as much as 20 lbs., and is considered one of the daintiest portions of mutton. It was one of those portions of the peace and trespass offering which were not eaten by the priest or the sacrificer, but which with other choice portions were waved before the Lord and wholly burnt on the altar as a sweet savor unto Yahweh.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Buttocks.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To rump any one; to turn the back to him: an evolution sometimes used at court. Rump and a dozen; a rump of beef and a dozen of claret; an Irish wager, called also buttock and trimmings. Rump and kidney men; fiddlers that play at feasts, fairs, weddings, etc. and live chiefly on the remnants.

Moby Thesaurus

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