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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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
But on the way, Kenney and her significant other were stuck in heavy, rush-hour traffic when a GMC Sierra pickup truck came barreling in and rear-ended them at a high speed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
And that’s where the GT2 Stradale excels; tight steering, a 40/60 weight balance that gives the rear end nice grip, carbon-ceramic brakes, all wheel drive and sport mode allow its agility.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Verb
The Tesla was rear-ended by a Honda Accord driven by a 24-year-old man from Daly City.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
But on the way, Kenney and her significant other were stuck in heavy, rush-hour traffic when a GMC Sierra pickup truck came barreling in and rear-ended them at a high speed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Noun
When incurred from other causes, the same disease is sometimes called a toothache in the rear end.
—Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
And that’s where the GT2 Stradale excels; tight steering, a 40/60 weight balance that gives the rear end nice grip, carbon-ceramic brakes, all wheel drive and sport mode allow its agility.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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