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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rear-end

"buttocks," 1937, from rear (adj.) + end (n.). As a verb, "to collide (with another vehicle) from behind," from 1976. Related: Rear-ended; rear-ending.

Wiktionary
rear-end

vb. (context transitive English) Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind.

WordNet
rear-end

v. collide with the rear end of; "The car rear-ended me"

Usage examples of "rear-end".

Several failed to stop in timemonsters that size carried a lot of inertiaand collided in several rear-end collisions.

Trying to see for herself, groping for the windshield wiper knob as more raindrops big ones began to spatter the glass, she didn't have any idea that the yellow space-age van had followed her on to Poplar Street until it rear-ended her.

Any vehicle in his lane not going as fast as he was got rear-ended and that was that.

One of the cars in line abruptly pulled out in front of her and she slammed on the brakes to keep from rear-ending it.

If anyone came hauling in behind me, it would at least keep them from rear-ending my car.

I breathlessly exclaimed as I slammed on my brakes just before rear-ending a Toyota.

They usually lasted long enough to constitute at least some real reconnaissance, without much risk of his rear-ending some elderly tourist couple from Wisconsin.

Soon, all of us-Tommy, Lydia, the new dishwasher and I-were peering through the window, where in full view of his assembled crew, Bobby was noisily rear-ending the bride.

There were a lot of brakes being hit in front of us and we followed suit, skidding slightly but coming to a halt without rear-ending the Nissan—unlike someone a few vehicles behind us.