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# rump

«rump» in Mova's school dictionary: **The back end of an animal's body, above the back legs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rump, rumps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The back end of an animal's body, above the back legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#m1)

2) (food) A cut of meat from this part: «rump steak». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#m2)

3) (informal, jokey) A person's bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#m3)

4) A small leftover part of something bigger, such as a group or parliament after most have left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In nature and farm lessons it names a body part of horses, cows and birds. In food it is a steak. In history, the «Rump Parliament» (1648–1653) was what was left of the English Parliament after many members were thrown out. Phrases: «rump steak», «the rump of».

### examples

- The horse has a white patch on its rump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x1)
- Dad cooked rump steak for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x2)
- The robin has an orange chest and a brown rump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x3)
- «Get off your rump and help,» joked Grandad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x4)
- Only a rump of the club was left after the arguments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x5)
- The Rump Parliament ruled England after the Civil War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/#x6)

### note

Countable: rumps. Meaning 3 is jokey, not rude. Not the same as «rumpus» (a noisy fuss).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rump» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rump/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.