Usually means: Collision at back of vehicle.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word rear-end:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. rear-end: Merriam-Webster
  2. rear-end: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rear-end, rear-end: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rear-end: Vocabulary.com
  5. Rear-End, Rear-end, rear-end: Wordnik
  6. rear-end: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rear-end: Wiktionary
  8. rear-end: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. rear-end: Dictionary.com
  10. rear-end: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. rear-end: Rhymezone
  12. rear-end: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rear-end: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. rear-end: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rear-end: Idioms

(Note: See rear-ended as well.)

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▸ verb:  (transitive, automotive) Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind.

Similar:
take from behind, rear, tailgate, back up, back, back in, back-seat drive, backshoot, T-bone, rear back, more...

Opposite:
front, end, head

Types:
trunk, bumper, fender, more...

Phrases:
Rear-end collision, more...

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Similar:
take from behind, rear, tailgate, back up, back, back in, back-seat drive, backshoot, T-bone, rear back, more...

Opposite:
front, end, head

Types:
trunk, bumper, fender, more...

Phrases:
Rear-end collision, more...



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