rump

Definitions


[rʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird
(e.g: the harrier is distinguished by its prominent white rump)

- a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger
(e.g: once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish and Norwegian rumpe ‘backside’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries