as in tail
the part of the body upon which someone sits
she plopped down on her rump to listen to the campfire story
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Recent Examples of rump
Like other Thomson’s gazelles, Cobbler also has a white patch on his rump extending underneath his tail, distinguishing him from the larger Grant’s gazelle, whose white patch extends above the tail.
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Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
Her ample backside pulls the fabric tight, outlining her rump right down to a dimple in one plump cheek.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Rules debuted in 1798, still serving classics steak and kidney pudding, grilled Cornish sardines, rump steak, sticky toffee pudding and a plate of English cheeses.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
Her ample backside pulls the fabric tight, outlining her rump right down to a dimple in one plump cheek.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Rules debuted in 1798, still serving classics steak and kidney pudding, grilled Cornish sardines, rump steak, sticky toffee pudding and a plate of English cheeses.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rump
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McGowan is hidden among other travelers on the platform, and Bonnie can be seen looking into the face of each one eagerly, her ears perked up and her tail starting to wag as McGowan gets closer, the dog possibly picking up on her scent.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other than being four-legged and having a long tail, the gorgonopsian wouldn’t have looked very doglike, Angielczyk said.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, outgoing members who were either retiring or had lost their seats gave farewell speeches.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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The movie shows Black women soldiers donning gas masks in rooms filled with tear gas and climbing rope ladders as part of training, and yet, being asked to give up their seats in a theater.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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“Rump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rump. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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