rear ends

Hits from behind

Rear ends is the plural of rear end, which means the back part of something—especially a vehicle's back section or, informally, a person's buttocks.

As a verb, to rear-end is to collide with the back of another vehicle: Someone rear-ended me at the stoplight.

The noun form describes such collisions: a rear-end collision.

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butts · junk in the trunk · backside · bottom · booty call · glutes · derriere · fundament · posterior · mooning · crack · behind · tail · fender · coccyx · hindquarters · sacrum · haunches

Opposites
vehicle position in collision

rear endshead-on collisions

Crashes between opposing vehicles

front ends · nose · front bumper · T-bones · grille

body part location (anatomical)

rear endsfronts

Deceptive outward appearances

front ends · faces · chests · stomachs · abdomens

Family

end, ending, ended, endless, rear, ends, endlessly, rearing, endings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG