rump

English

/ˈɹʌmp/

noun
Definitions
  • The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
  • A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
  • The buttocks.
  • Remnant, as in .

Etymology

Derived from Middle English rumpe derived from Old Norse rumpr (rump) derived from Middle Low German rump (trunk of a tree, the bulk trunk of a body) derived from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (log, trunk of a tree).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*rumpō

Gloss

log, trunk of a tree

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