rear-end

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verb

ˈrir-ˈend

-ˌend

rear-ended; rear-ending; rear-ends

transitive verb

: to crash into the back of (a vehicle)

rear end

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noun

: 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 …—

Gabe Hauari

: 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

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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Verb

The semi truck Fonseca was driving for the company was rear-ended by another semi truck in 2017, forcing him to file a workers’ compensation claim with a doctor’s order to restrict commercial driving and minimize lifting objects. —

Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024 Fatal incidents in which front seats collapsed backward in rear-end accidents, and onto kids seated behind them, had already been on the rise for years. —

Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024

Noun

That advanced air-suspension system shines brightest while cornering, as the Gravity begins to lean over just a bit, pushing weight onto the outside tires until the rear end squares up and plants, then the vehicle shoves off into seeming warp speed yet again. —

Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024 Adult film site CamSoda is said to have offered $250,000 to Tyson to show off his rear end for an hour on a live stream. —

Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rear-end