Definitions for rear-end

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rear-end rear-end

Spelling: [reer-end]

IPA: /ˈrɪərˈɛnd/

Rear-End is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in rear-end (-adeenrr).

Definitions for rear-end

noun

1. the hindmost part of something.
2. Informal. the buttocks; behind.

verb (used with object)

1. to drive a vehicle or other conveyance so as to strike the back end of (another vehicle):
2. (of a moving vehicle or other conveyance) to strike the back end of (another vehicle or object):

Origin of rear-end

First recorded in 1975-80

Examples for rear-end

I caught a rear-end glimpse, with a stiff tail, as big in girth as my body, standing out straight behind.

Would the engineer take the risk of a rear-end collision on a general manager's order?

And again, doing sentinel duty at the rear-end, is the same plea.

The people were not consulted, except from the rear-end of an observation car.