as in cheeks
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 rumps
He has been vilified for his notorious drawings of oversized women with ample rumps and thick, powerful legs, definitely objectified and more or less turned into meat-at-the-ready.
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David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumps
Noun
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Makeup artist Ernesto Casillas applied a flushed, rosy blush to Zendaya's cheeks and mimicked the color with Vuitton's LV Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Odysseé on her lips, finishing with a soft brown eye shadow and a few flicks of mascara.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Expensive trip to modern backcountry huts Backcountry skiing is no longer just for ski bums.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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These proteins, called FG-nucleoporins, have tails that wiggle around like seaweed and that can’t be captured in static images.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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The test kitchen has been experimenting with unusual cuts from his retired dairy cow beef, including whole tails.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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The rare convergence of open Senate and House seats adds to the 2026 political drama already underway in Michigan.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Nepali Congress party came second, with 38 seats.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Rumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumps. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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