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Meaning of 'rump' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rump [ n.]
- The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
- Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.
- The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.

Meaning of 'rump' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rump [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example in sentence:
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?;
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt

Nearby Words:

rum rumble rumbler rumbling rumblingly rumbo rumbowline rumen rumicin ruminal

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