rump
The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
Other meanings
A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Low German "rump" (the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rump” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.