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
As Karl-Anthony Towns lifted the NBA Cup trophy, Brunson and Hart were off to the side cheering Towns on when Hart suddenly reached for Brunson’s rear end.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Every few moments, the dogs stop, lean back on their hind legs, and pinch off a Polaroid-like print from their rear ends.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
Vents at the front and rear ends provide airflow, even when campers batten the outer fabric down for rainy or windy conditions.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
This is not a means to a massive rear end.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Every few moments, the dogs stop, lean back on their hind legs, and pinch off a Polaroid-like print from their rear ends.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
Vents at the front and rear ends provide airflow, even when campers batten the outer fabric down for rainy or windy conditions.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
This is not a means to a massive rear end.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rear end
Noun
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And keep your in-flight essentials like headphones, sleep mask, e-reader, and other tech tools together in your personal item that stays with you at the seat rather than in the overhead bin.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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The video shows a man call security on a group of women sitting behind him in orchestra seats at the Winter Garden Theatre.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The result of two drops to both cheeks and forehead each?—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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Squirrel-like Skwovets and Greedents hoard their berries and jam their cheeks with food as a Fearow flaps its wings overhead.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of the springer or girder front suspension and semi-hard-tail frame of the original, the Chief Vintage uses modern but stylized front forks and discreet twin rear shocks that mimic the unsprung frame of the post-war bikes.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the photos, her favorite items in the living room include a blue-and-white mosaic whale-tail sculpture and white ceramic alligator bookends.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Aspen, Colorado In 1989, when a five-star, ski-in, ski-out hotel called the Little Nell opened on the site of a ski-bum bar, Aspen left its counterculture hippie days in the dust and transitioned to an A-list playground.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
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The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Stars had rebounded from a season-worst, six-match winless skid to construct a three-game points streak, which disintegrated on Tuesday in just their second loss in eight tail ends of back-to-back sets.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Madrid hierarchy was also in favour last summer of the idea of imposing more discipline and structure on the squad, especially bringing back into line the big-name individuals who, it was felt, had been allowed too much leeway during the low-key tail end of Ancelotti’s second spell last term.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Early in the conversation, Louis Walsh's hand moves from across the top of the couch behind Mel B to her bottom.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Black shimmering sequins featured around the neckline and at the cuffs of the sleeves and at the bottom of the top, as well.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 70 experiments conducted over a few days, Veronika applied the implement exclusively to hard-to-reach areas, like her rump, loin, thurl and navel flap.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Does Trump plan to pose to Maduro’s rump team an ultimatum to leave and then the U.S. will organize elections?—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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So uncompromising as to turn hard heads into soft behinds.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Any Negative Nancies won't be singing that tune when static cling has their dress suctioned to their behinds during church.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Rear end.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rear%20end. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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