end-on adjective 1end on adverb 1 adjective1 •Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven. — 1939 end on adverb1 •Having the end pointing directly to an object.