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rear-ender

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rear-end⋅er

[reer-en-der]
–noun
an accident in which a vehicle or other conveyance has run into the rear of another.

Origin:
1930–35; rear end + -er 1
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rear-end   (rîr'ěnd')
tr.v.   rear-end·ed, rear-end·ing, rear-ends Slang
To run into (another motor vehicle) from behind: My car was rear-ended by a truck.
rear'-end'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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rear-ender

and back-ender
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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