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Word: Rump
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish and Norwegian rumpe ‘backside’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rʌmp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird
Short Definition:hind part of body of mammal
Examples:- the harrier is distinguished by its prominent white rump
- he slapped the horse on the rump
- a medium-rare slice of rump
Definition:
a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger
Short Definition:small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger
Examples:- once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left
- the rump Yugoslavia
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