as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
the mother swatted her toddler lightly on his diapered rear end to get his attention
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Recent Examples of rear end
Just this month alone, one Cybertruck’s rear end snapped off in a test of its towing power, and another sank off the coast of Los Angeles while trying to offload a Jet Ski from the bed.
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Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
The rear end showcases elegant taillights that wrap around the vehicle.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The outfit put her rear end on full display, with a long fabric covering her nether regions.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 5 May 2025
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
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Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
The rear end showcases elegant taillights that wrap around the vehicle.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The outfit put her rear end on full display, with a long fabric covering her nether regions.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 5 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rear end
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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As the police ordered him to stop, Wilson jumped in the driver’s seat of a rental car.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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And just the thought of that being possible nearly topples me out of my seat.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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The tail of the airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025.—
Hannah Parry
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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The study evaluated the total number of hiking trails, their popularity, and the average review of the tails, based on data from AllTrails.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2025
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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Colorado, which was playing tail end of a back-to-back set, won 4-2 at Honda Center on Sunday night behind four unanswered goals in the second half of the third period.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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Still, given he’s been available save for the team occasionally resting him on either the front or tail end of games on consecutive nights, Williams remains dumbfounded the process got reversed.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2025
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According to Interior Wildlife, the porcupine's rump was the only spot rescuers could reach through the plane's small window opening.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The south was not fully occupied by Nazi forces until 1942, with the country administered by a rump state, Vichy France.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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In the first game, the Dodgers and Astros were tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the 10th.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The Orion constellation is at the bottom left, while Jupiter is just left of the center and Venus is on the far right.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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Why Contacts Cause Dry Eyes Wearing contact lenses splits the tear film of your eyes into two layers, one in front of the contact and the other behind.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 1, bullfighter Emilio Macias was seriously injured in the neighboring state of Tlaxcala after being pierced in the behind by a bull’s horn.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Rear end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rear%20end. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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