1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the rear end";
   - buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hindquarters [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end [informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom [informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]

1. Collide with the rear end of
   "The car rear-ended me"

Derived forms: rear ends, rear-ended, rear-ending, rear-ends

Type of: body part, collide with, hit, impact, impinge on, run into, strike

Part of: body, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Rear end