rump


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rump/rʌmp/
noun
  • 1 the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird.

    chiefly humorous a person's buttocks.

  • 2 a small or unimportant remnant.
– derivatives
rumpless adjective.
– origin ME: prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. and Norw. rumpe ‘backside’.
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