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 …—
Gabe Hauari
Gabe Hauari2
: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Poritillo Lopez rear-ended a 2020 Chevy Colorado pickup truck at the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and 12th Avenue, cops said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Ferrari has been facing challenges in setting its car in the right performance window with a more stable rear end, which Hamilton strongly prefers.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rear-end
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Verb
Two of the three Tesla crashes involved another car rear-ending the Model Y, and at least one of these crashes was almost certainly not the Tesla's fault.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Poritillo Lopez rear-ended a 2020 Chevy Colorado pickup truck at the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and 12th Avenue, cops said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
Years later, however, the designer revealed the ensemble wasn't actually peek-a-boo: there was in fact sheer fabric covering the artist's rear end.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Ferrari has been facing challenges in setting its car in the right performance window with a more stable rear end, which Hamilton strongly prefers.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rear-end
Cite this Entry
“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share