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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Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
The Subaru then slowed to a stop due to traffic and was rear-ended by the Nissan, which was hit by a big rig towing a trailer filled with cardboard, causing the big rig to overturn, officers said.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
The video also shows the projectile appearing to hit the mayor's SUV before quickly driving away, as smoke lingers on the rear end of the car.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Immigration officers had rear-ended a man's car.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
The Subaru then slowed to a stop due to traffic and was rear-ended by the Nissan, which was hit by a big rig towing a trailer filled with cardboard, causing the big rig to overturn, officers said.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
The Big Dipper makes up the rear end and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
The video also shows the projectile appearing to hit the mayor's SUV before quickly driving away, as smoke lingers on the rear end of the car.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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