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rear end
1noun
the hindmost part of something.
Informal.the buttocks; behind.
rear-end
2[reer-end]
verb (used with object)
to drive a vehicle or other conveyance so as to strike the back end of (another vehicle).
My car was rear-ended by another driver on the highway.
(of a moving vehicle or other conveyance) to strike the back end of (another vehicle or object).
A freight train rear-ended the commuter train this morning.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rear end1
Origin of rear end2
Idioms and Phrases
The back part of anything, especially a vehicle, as in There's a large dent in the rear end of the car .
The buttocks, as in I'm afraid these pants don't fit my rear end . The noun rear alone has been used in both these senses, the first since the late 1700s and the second since the mid-1900s. The addition of end occurred in the first half of the 1900s.
Example Sentences
A fourth person would work the two back legs and another puppeteer would work the rear end.
This is why it's so important for liberals to respond with two raised middle fingers and an invitation to the culture warriors to kiss our collective rear ends.
We can all join hands and tell the guardians of toxic masculinity to kiss our collective rear end.
The force of that impact flipped the rear end of the vehicle straight into the air as it immediately caught fire.
She also alleges that he urged her to stick a finger up his rear end as they were filming an “extra scene.”
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