Thesaurus results for REAR END

rear end

noun

Definition of rear end

as in seat

the part of the body upon which someone sits the mother swatted her toddler lightly on his diapered rear end to get his attention

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Recent Examples of rear end The first surgery patient that day was a little boy with an abscess on his rear end. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket. — Ben Coxworth may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026 Or one that doesn’t deal primarily with (obscenity deleted) in a dance club or how much someone likes big rear ends. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 Skid marks formed on the road surface and smoke and sparks were produced from the rear end of the car, police said. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rear end

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Noun

Then there’s heated handlebars and seats, floorboards, highway pegs, brake and gear-lever pads, heel-shifter, and the King Tour-Pak, like the Street Glide Limited above.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
As of July 2, some of the best resale seats for marquee knockout matches were listed for roughly $20,000 on StubHub.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

Aviation observers studying pictures of the aircraft said the new plane appears to lack external modifications to the tail cone associated with a type of directional infrared missile defense system.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
The classification of these objects as true comets has been complicated by the fact that no one has ever managed to witness a dark comet sprouting a tail—until now.

— Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 June 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

For context, the issue here is that number is nearly identical to what the game was doing at the very tail end of the season before season 2 launched, around 11-12K.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026
Young copperheads can also have yellow or yellowish-green tail ends, which all-aged copperheads vibrate when alarmed.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026

Definition of tail end

Noun

This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
From his rump on the baseline, Brunson waved in frustration at referee Scott Foster.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

Shortsleeve sits well-behind Minogue and Healey, with just $602,051 in cash on hand.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Bellingham has scored big goals, poking in the opener against Panama from a corner and putting England 3-2 up versus Croatia with a run-in-behind for Elliot Anderson’s long pass.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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