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Examples
2 sentencesWhere does rump roast come from?
Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.
Meaning
4 sensesThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
Kruppe
крупkrup
The buttocks.
Gesäß
A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
- the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Origin
From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“thFrom Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”).
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plural: rumpsSynonyms
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