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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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the Bridgewater Police Department, a preliminary investigation determined that a semi-truck was pulling out of a gas station on U.S. Highway 22 West near the Thompson Avenue exit ramp when it was rear-ended by a Hyundai Elantra around 2:11 a.m.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
This resulting vehicle looks like a supercar as seen through the eyes of a hyperactive kindergartner especially its nightmarish rear end.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Taylor Binnington, 39, of North Haven approached the area in a 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and was unable to stop in the icy conditions, rear-ending the tanker truck, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the Bridgewater Police Department, a preliminary investigation determined that a semi-truck was pulling out of a gas station on U.S. Highway 22 West near the Thompson Avenue exit ramp when it was rear-ended by a Hyundai Elantra around 2:11 a.m.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
Due to this miscommunication, our front end measured an inch higher than necessary to clear heights, which in turn lowered our rear end below its minimum clearance—resulting in the disqualification.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
This resulting vehicle looks like a supercar as seen through the eyes of a hyperactive kindergartner especially its nightmarish rear end.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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