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rump

[ruhmp] / rʌmp /
NOUN
bottom, posterior of animal or human
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backside
STRONG
back behind breech bum butt buttocks can croup duff fanny haunches hindquarters keister prat rear sacrum seat tail tush
WEAK
butt end derriere hind end rear end tail end

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"We get really nice fruit and veg in, biscuits - last week we had some really nice rump steak which went down a storm."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

He had just separated the new Muslim state of Pakistan from the now-independent rump of largely Hindu India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Water and other specialties stay behind in the rump DuPont.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

But when the show’s first Hamlet, ambulated by an Oxford-trained actor named Dipo Ola, performs a few lines, he’s instantly more compelling than the sight of ParTeb shaking his rump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

My rump bangs into people’s desks and knocks their books to the floor.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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