rear-ended; rear-ending; rear-ends
: to crash into the back of (a vehicle)
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: 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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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The teen rear-ended a pickup truck driving westbound.
—Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
The other damaged van was also photographed at the scene, its rear end crushed.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The man tried a dry run on rear-ending the police SUV before hitting the SUV with an officer inside, according to the county sheriff and video.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The teen rear-ended a pickup truck driving westbound.
—Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
The two had a peculiar conversation where Hawkins said Clifton missed smacking her rear end.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
The other damaged van was also photographed at the scene, its rear end crushed.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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