rear end

noun

The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car.

Meanings

nounrear end (plural rear ends)

plural rear ends

  1. The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car.
  2. slangThe buttocks.

    Sure, Homer and Marge being caught naked in front of the town is funny, but why not make it total humiliation? Why not have Homer dragged ass-first over a church’s glass ceiling and force the pastor to give praise to God’s floors? Why not have Homer’s rear end block a game-winning field goal?

    2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 16 May 2017

Synonyms & antonyms

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek πυγή, ὄρρος
  • πυγή (pugḗ)buttocks
  • ὄρρος (órrhos)buttocks
Finnish takapää, peräpää
  • takapääback or hindmost part
  • peräpääback or hindmost part
  • jälkipääback or hindmost part
  • häntäpääback or hindmost part
  • peräbuttocks
French arrière, arrière-train
  • arrièreback or hindmost part
  • arrière-trainbuttocks
  • fessesbuttocks
  • derrièrebuttocks
German hinterer Teil, Hinterende
  • hinterer Teilback or hindmost part
  • Hinterendeback or hindmost part
  • Hinterteilbuttocks
  • Hinterendebuttocks
Greek πισινός
  • πισινός (pisinós)buttocks
Norwegian Bokmål bakende, bakende
  • bakendeback or hindmost part
  • bakendebuttocks
Romanian posterior, fund
  • posteriorback or hindmost part
  • fundbuttocks
Cite this entry
APA

rear end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20end

MLA

“rear end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20end. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rear end,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20end.

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