rear-end

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rear-end

verb rear-ends · rear-ending · rear-ended

  1. transitive Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind. A Halifax school bus carrying 21 children was rear-ended Monday morning by another vehicle in Hammonds Plains, N.S. […] The Jeep had been travelling behind the bus, did not stop in time in time and hit the back of the bus.

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verb of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind

Españolchocar por detrás
中文追尾 zhuīwěi
Deutschhinten auffahren
Русскийвъезжать в зад vʺjezžatʹ v zad

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@misc{rear_end_2026,
  title = {rear-end},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rear-end},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}