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Definition of "rear end" [rear end]

  • The rear part: the rear end of a car. (noun)
  • Informal The buttocks. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rear end" in a sentence
  • "There was a light brown pickup truck parked in the gravel driveway, and in front of that a dark blue, fourdoor automobile with its right rear end jacked up."
  • "Anyway, I thought it was time to get off my toches rear end and get out here among the Unchosen People."
  • "Still facing outward with my rear end on the snow, I extended my arms out to either side of the groove and pressed my hands against the grayish-brown granite, palms down."
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