rump
pronunciation
How to pronounce rump in British English:
UK [rʌmp]
How to pronounce rump in American English:
US [rʌmp]
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- Noun:
- the part of a quadruped 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
Word Origin
- rump (n.)
- "hind-quarters, buttocks of an animal," mid-15c., from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish, Norwegian rumpe, Swedish rumpa), from or corresponding to Middle Dutch romp, German Rumpf "trunk, torso." Sense of "small remnant" derives from "tail" and is first recorded 1640s in reference to the English Rump Parliament (December 1648-April 1653). As an adjective from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. A humiliated french pretender governed a rump kingdom from bourges in the south .
- 2. Even so , it is hard to see mr uribe leading much more than a right-wing rump .
- 3. The rump bank gets no assets , only the debts the old bank used to owe to creditors .
- 4. And the rump might still break apart , as italy or spain would not want anything to do with greece .
- 5. If it succeeds , it could create a two-tier nato in the east : a few countries with a direct relationship with america , and a vulnerable rump without .