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Traditional English :: rump
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rump.html - n. 1 the hind part of a mammal, esp. the buttocks. 2 a a small or contemptible remnant of a parliament or similar body. b (the Rump) hist. the remnant of the English Long Parliament 1648-53 or after its restoration in 1659. rump steak a cut of beef from the rump. rumpless adj. [ME, prob. f. Scand.] |
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Traditional English :: rumple
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rump.html - v.tr. & intr. make or become creased or ruffled. rumply adj. [obs. rumple (n.) f. MDu. rompel f. rompe wrinkle] |
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Traditional English :: rumpus
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rump.html - n. colloq. a disturbance, brawl, row, or uproar. rumpus room US a room in the basement of a house for games and play. [18th c.: prob. fanciful] |
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Traditional English :: rum(1)
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rump.html - n. 1 a spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses. 2 US intoxicating liquor. rum baba see BABA . [17th c.: perh. abbr. of contemporary forms rumbullion, rumbustion, of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: rum(2)
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rump.html - adj. Brit. colloq. 1 odd, strange, queer. 2 difficult, dangerous. rum go (or start) colloq. a surprising occurrence or unforeseen turn of affairs. rumly adv. rumness n. [16th-c. cant, orig. = fine, spirited, perh. var. of ROM] |
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Traditional English :: Rumanian
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rump.html - var. of ROMANIAN. |
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