rear-end

  • 21rear end — Synonyms and related words: afterpart, afterpiece, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, behind, bottom, breech, butt, buttocks, croup, crupper, fanny, haunches, heel, hind end, hind part, hindhead, nates, occiput, posterior, postern,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22rear end — noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (Freq. 1) he deserves a good kick in the butt are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? • Syn: ↑buttocks, ↑nates, ↑arse, ↑butt, ↑backside …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 23rear end — The rear part of the body shell, extending approximately from the rear seat pan to the rear apron of the car, incorporating the trunk floor …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 24rear-end — vb to ruin, damage. The figurative use of the phrase probably derives from the colloquialism referring to a car collision, with possible suggestions also of sexual activity. ► The guys upstairs rear ended him good. (Reported, New York office… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 25rear end — 1. the hindmost part of something. 2. Informal. the buttocks; behind. Also called tail end. [1865 70] * * * …

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  • 26rear-end collision — A common form of traffic accident, one vehicle striking another in the rear, as when the vehicle in the lead stops suddenly. 8 Am J2d Auto § 770 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 27rear-end — transitive verb Date: 1957 to crash into the back of (as an automobile) …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28rear end — noun Date: circa 1930 buttocks …

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  • 29rear-end — verb Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind …

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  • 30rear end — noun a) The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car. b) The buttocks …

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