rump
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3.5
- noun
- /rʌmp/
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anca
- Boots kept nipping at the rump of one of the mules.
- rump width
- rump angle
- rump depth
Simply start from the base of the rump, rubbing your way out, and follow it to its natural conclusion.
- Simply start from the base of the rump, rubbing your way out, and follow it to its natural conclusion.
Examples
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Simply start from the base of the rump, rubbing your way out, and follow it to its natural conclusion.
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Then he slapped Duke's rump, and the wagon started off.
Fiction book (1994) -
Two horses stood, the head of one near the rump of the other, lost in their horse thoughts.
Fiction book (1999) -
The very next day, she was smiling as she sold a rump roast to an old widow.
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Here, he looked directly at his horse's rump—or perhaps out at the dirt road before him.
Fiction book (2000) -
The defending buck nosed the rump of a dark doe that had ventured onto his turf.
Academic text (1991) -
The mare backed up, her rump pressed against the far corner.
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If sheep are set on their rumps, the animals become very calm and are easier to shear.
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Then it leapt, and they watched its high white rump bob until it disappeared between the trees.
Synonyms
2
3.2
The part at the back of the body that you sit on
1
9.9
The top part of a horse's back end above the tail
The rounded part of a horse behind the back, just before the tail
The rear part of an animal or person's body with hips and thighs
Compounds
How Tender
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rump comes from an old word meaning 'back' or 'rear', so it also refers to the hind part of an animal above and behind the legs, like the common word 'rear' for the back end.