rear-end
Collide from back
Rear-end works as both noun and verb.
The rear end of something is its back portion—a car's rear end, or euphemistically, a person's buttocks: Get off your rear end and help me.
To rear-end someone is to collide with the back of their vehicle: I got rear-ended at a stoplight.
The compound appears hyphenated as a verb, often open as a noun.
Vehicle's protective edge
- tailgateRear vehicle hatch
- whiplashNeck injury from jerking
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- crumpleCompress into irregular folds
shunt · jolt · pileup · fender-bender · skid · rearview · stoplight · braking
Shallow surface depression
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- scrapeRub harshly against
- bodyworkVehicle's external structure
- paintworkApplied color on surfaces
taillight · trunk · bumper · deformation · frame · alignment · exhaust · repair
Following another vehicle unsafely
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
stop-and-go · rush-hour · commute · slow-moving · rubbernecking · highway · expressway · lane
Contractual risk coverage
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- adjusterOne who calibrates
- deductibleOut-of-pocket threshold amount
- coverageExtent of inclusion
premium · policyholder · fault · negligence · compensation · at-fault · no-fault · damages
bumper
Vehicle's protective edge
crumple · shunt · jolt · pileup · fender-bender · skid · rearview · stoplight · braking · skid-marks
dent
Shallow surface depression
paintwork · taillight · trunk · bumper · deformation · frame · alignment · exhaust · repair · replacement
tailgating
Following another vehicle unsafely
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
backup · stop-and-go · rush-hour · commute · slow-moving · rubbernecking · highway · expressway · lane · roadwork
insurance
Contractual risk coverage
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- adjusterOne who calibrates
- deductibleOut-of-pocket threshold amount
coverage · premium · policyholder · fault · negligence · compensation · at-fault · no-fault · damages · settlement
- collisionshead-on, sideswipe, T-bone, broadside, fender bender
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- crashesaccident, collision, crash, head-on collision, pileup
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
- impactsbang, bash, bump, clash, collide
- traffic incidentsaccident, collision, car crash, pileup, fender bender
rear-endhead-on
Directly facing forward
head-on collision · T-bone · broadside · front-end · side-swipe
end, ending, endless, rear, rearmost, endgame, rearguard, rearward, rear-ender