ends

E1N1D2S1
/ɛndz/

noun

The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.

“Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah?”

Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

ends1

noun
  1. pluralplural of end
nounends pl (plural only)
  1. Multicultural London Englishpluralplural onlyThe area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.

    Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah?

    5 more examples

    On August 6, following the circulation of conflicting accounts of the shooting, the grime MC Scorcher tweeted, '25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.'

    2015, Richard Bramwell, UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City

    I'm so London, I'm so south / Food in the ends like there ain't no drought / Flipz don't talk like he's got no mouth

    2015, Stormzy, “Shut Up” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy

    Come to my ends, you must be crazy

    2016, “Jiggle”, performed by slowthai

    Don-E, I roll thru my ends with my Bape hoodie

    2017, “You Alright Yeah?”, performed by Don-E and Nado

    But they are also bound up in Black British youth culture: neighbourhood incubators for music, affordable places to hang, landmarks of “the ends”.

    2026 July 26, Coco Khan, “Am I a chicken-shop lefty? Here’s what a French fast food row taught me about politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: hood, manor, bits

  2. pluralplural onlyslangMoney.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of end

Ends2

noun
  1. pluralplural of End

ENDS3

nounENDS (plural ENDSs)

plural ENDSs

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System, e.g. a vape, e-cigarette, etc.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

ends. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ends

MLA

“ends.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ends. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ends,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ends.

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