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
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Examples 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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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
The Utah Transit Authority said that one of its FrontRunner trains hit a white SUV, which is shown in the video stop on the train tracks after being rear-ended by a truck on Feb. 4.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
In the northern skies is the Big Dipper, the bright rear end and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The Mercedes then begins backing up, rear-ending the victim’s vehicle as two men jump out of the Mercedes and smash the victim’s passenger-side window with a rock, the video shows.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
The Utah Transit Authority said that one of its FrontRunner trains hit a white SUV, which is shown in the video stop on the train tracks after being rear-ended by a truck on Feb. 4.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
The California Highway Patrol, which investigated the deadly crash, has said the Ford struck the left rear end of the Dodge, then hit the Rodriguez brothers standing on the driver’s side of the pickup.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
In the northern skies is the Big Dipper, the bright rear end and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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