rump
/ˈɹʌmp/noun, verb
rump is spelled R-U-M-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rump means “The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rump is rumps.
How many letters and syllables are in rump?
| Letters | 4: R-U-M-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rump?
Rump appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rump?
- US /ˈɹʌmp/
- Australia /ˈɹɐmp/
- /ˈɾʌmp/
Rump has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rump.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rump.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rump?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rump from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmp/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rump
- rumps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rumping participle, present
- rumped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rump mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
- 2
A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
- 3
The buttocks.
- 4
A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
verb
- 1
To turn one's back on, to show one's (clothed) backside to, as a sign of disrespect.
- 2
slangvulgarTo fuck. (Compare bum (verb).)
- 3
UKslangTo cheat.
- 4
To ramble; to move (or talk) aimlessly.
- 5
To move (someone or something) around.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rump in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | croupe |
| German | Kruppe , Gesäß |
| Portuguese | garupa, anca , traseiro, nádegas , alcatra |
| Spanish | grupa, ancas , trasero, nalgas, posaderas, asentaderas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rump come from?
From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).