rear-ended; rear-ending; rear-ends
: to crash into the back of (a vehicle)
1
: the back part or section of something (such as a motor vehicle)
The preliminary investigation revealed that while traffic was stopped, the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck hit the rear end of a Buick passenger car …—
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: buttocks
He's sneaky strong, having increased his bench press to 325 pounds, but his legs remain matchsticks and he has virtually no rear end.—Curry Kirkpatrick
Curry KirkpatrickExamples of rear-end in a Sentence
Noun
She stood up and brushed off her rear end.
The car's rear end was badly damaged in the accident.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi spoke in the wake of last weekend's Xfinity race that saw Sammy Smith rear-end Taylor Gray in the last lap, causing a pretty big pile-up.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
The drone dips its rear end at the same time, allowing the air-catching wings to exert maximum stopping force via aerodynamic drag.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Shocking video from the other side of Woodhaven Blvd., near 60th Drive, shows the BMW rear-ending the KTM motorcycle then running over the victim as the BMW’s front end rises up.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi spoke in the wake of last weekend's Xfinity race that saw Sammy Smith rear-end Taylor Gray in the last lap, causing a pretty big pile-up.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
By then, prosecutors allege O'Keefe had been mortally injured by the rear end of Read's Lexus SUV and left for dead as a blizzard picked up strength.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
The drone dips its rear end at the same time, allowing the air-catching wings to exert maximum stopping force via aerodynamic drag.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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