Other forms: rumps
The rump is the hind part of an animal. Rump steak, the horse's rump, a rump of beef.
Rump steak is a good cut with real flavour and needs cooking with care, since it is worked muscle rather than tender loin. In politics a rump is what is left of a body after most of it has gone, from the Rump Parliament of 1648.
1nounrumpThe hind part of an animal.
“The horse flicked its tail across its rump to keep the flies away.”
2nounleftWhat is left of a body after most of it has gone.
“After the split, only a small rump of the party stayed loyal to its old leader.”
rump is a hind part.
Middle English rumpe comes from Old Norse rumpr, the hind part of an animal.
Proto-Germanic
*rumpō — trunk of a tree, log
Middle Low German
rump — the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
Old Norse
rumpr — rump
Middle English
rumpe
English, today
rump
From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (“crooked beak”). Cognate with Icelandic rumpur (“rump”), Swedish rumpa (“rump”), Dutch romp (“trunk, body, hull”), German Rumpf (“hull, trunk, torso, trunk”). In the sense of remnant, first attested in the Rump Parliament of 1648; its original meaning here was a reference to the rotten, unclean hindquarters of an animal, gradually morphing to refer to the "remnant" aspect of the Parliament rather than its perceived unsavory nature.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA