1 [C] the round area of flesh at the top of the back legs of an animal that has four legs:
He slapped the horse on the rump.
2 [U] (also rump steak [C,U]) a piece of good quality meat cut from the rump of a cow
3 [C,usually sing.] (humorous) the part of the body that you sit on
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4 [sing.] (BrE) the small or unimportant part of a group or an organization that remains when most of its members have left:
The election reduced the party to a rump.
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