Thesaurus results for REAR-END

rear end

noun

Definition of rear end

as in seat

the part of the body upon which someone sits the mother swatted her toddler lightly on his diapered rear end to get his attention

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Recent Examples of rear end Then again, viewers only have to hear about the advancing sores on Tez’s rear end and see the blisters on his hands from a comfortable remove. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 Bald-faced hornets are black and creamy white, with bold markings on the face, thorax, and rear end. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026 The rear end of Reddick’s car slid entering Turn 1, and Reddick ran into Jones before hitting the wall. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 The Palisade’s second generation also includes new front and rear end appearances. — James Raia, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rear end

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Noun

The dining room has 28 seats, a private event space holds 10, and the menu proposes just three Milanese and Lombardian dishes for each of the antipasti, primi, and secondi courses (four for dessert).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
After most of the sellout crowd filed out Wednesday, one solitary Sox fan stood at his seat under the press box, shouting obscenities about the Guardians and the city of Cleveland.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of seat

Noun

The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Not that Bieber needs much assistance, with dewy skin and softly flushed cheeks becoming central to the Rhode universe.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

In the most extreme, low-probability scenarios, at the very tip of the long tail, the calculated death toll was huge, in the tens of millions.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Working hard to be horrible and beautiful at once, Vahl’s debut is a stark, memorable vision of right-wing terror ultimately eating its own tail.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of tail

Noun

Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.

— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

Burns & McDonnell’s presence in Kansas City dates back to its founding at tail end of the 19th century.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
For context, the issue here is that number is nearly identical to what the game was doing at the very tail end of the season before season 2 launched, around 11-12K.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

Definition of tail end

Noun

This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.

— Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22).

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of rump

Noun

Their behinds gyrated with more purpose; their dancing seemed to become more intense and serious.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
As the graphic below shows, Fernandez-Pardo is comfortable running in-behind down the channels and sending in crosses, as well as beating his defender and cutting balls back for team-mates.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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