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.
Recent Examples on the WebEd Garsten, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Her car's dash cam, which recorded footage of a gray Honda Sedan intentionally speeding up, cutting in front of her, and then backing into the front of her car to cause a rear-end collision on the Belt Parkway.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024
Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
Years later, however, the designer revealed the ensemble wasn't actually peek-a-boo: there was in fact sheer fabric covering the artist's rear end.
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The Most Self Aware-ist
Not long after he was arrested at a Florida theater for indecent exposure, Pee-Wee Herman, a.k.a.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Working with the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Automotive Research Center on a closed-course, each vehicle’s AEB was tested at 12, 25 and 35 miles per hour to see how the automatic braking systems reacted in preventing rear-end collisions.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Her car's dash cam, which recorded footage of a gray Honda Sedan intentionally speeding up, cutting in front of her, and then backing into the front of her car to cause a rear-end collision on the Belt Parkway.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
As a result, the user always stays centered between the front and rear end of the belt, regardless of their running speed.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
Years later, however, the designer revealed the ensemble wasn't actually peek-a-boo: there was in fact sheer fabric covering the artist's rear end.
19 of 19
The Most Self Aware-ist
Not long after he was arrested at a Florida theater for indecent exposure, Pee-Wee Herman, a.k.a.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rear-end
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“Rear-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rear-end. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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