rear-end

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verb

ˈrir-ˈend 

-ˌend

rear-ended; rear-ending; rear-ends

transitive verb

: to crash into the back of (a vehicle)

rear end

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noun

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 …

—Gabe Hauari

2

: 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

Synonyms of rear-end

Noun

• seat
• cheeks
• tail
• bum
• tail end
• bottom
• rump
• behind

Examples 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

There is a larger cycle at play than a team in need of giving its kicker a, well, kick in the rear-end signing some competition. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Fagbemi was standing in front of his disabled vehicle looking under the hood when the driver of a tractor-trailer rear-ended the vehicle about 15 minutes later, according to police. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Noun

There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

The other person, her eyes narrowed, leans her face into the towering, curly Afro of her partner, who rests a hand on her rear end. — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1957, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rear-end

• amend
• append
• ascend
• attend
• backend
• befriend
• boyfriend
• commend
• compend
• contend
• defend
• depend