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Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. The rump abolishe…

A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered." "The rump-fed ronyon."

A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament. I. Disraeli.

To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.

Wrinkled; crumpled. Pope.

Destitute of a rump.

Rumpled. Carlyle.

A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. [Colloq.]

To corrupt. See Corrupt. [Obs.] Chauser.

Corruptible. [Obs.]

Crooked; bent. [Obs.] Crooked backs and crump shoulders. Jer. Taylor.

A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. Addison.

Brittle; crisp. Wright.

Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.

Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]