rump

UK: /ˈrʌmp/ US: /rʌmp/ ,(rump)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

rump /rʌmp/   n. [countable]

1. Zoology the hind part of the body of an animal.
2. Food a cut of beef from this part of the animal.
3. Anatomy the buttocks.
4. Government the remaining part of a law-making body, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been removed.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rump (rump),  n. 

1. Zoology 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. See diag. under beef. 
3. Anatomy the buttocks.
4. the last part, esp. that which is unimportant or inferior:
   a rump of territory.
5. Government the remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled.
6. World History the Rump, [Eng. Hist.] See Rump Parliament. 

adj. 

7. constituting a subsidiary or small group or the remnant of a once larger organization:
   Our local Shakespeare Club will hold a rump meeting at the Elizabethan Drama Teachers' convention.

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

rump′less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rump / rʌmp/ noun

1. the hindquarters of a mammal, not including the legs
2. the rear part of a bird's back, nearest to the tail
3. a person's buttocks
4. Also called: rump steak a cut of beef from behind the loin and above the round
5. an inferior remnant

Etymology: 15th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Danish rumpe, Icelandic rumpr, German Rumpf trunk of the body

ˈrumpless adjective