"back-to-back" meaning in English

See back-to-back in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/
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  1. Sequential or consecutive. Tags: not-comparable Translations (sequential or consecutive): peräkkäinen (Finnish), perättäinen (Finnish), consecutivo (Italian), back-to-back (Norwegian), оди́н за одним (odín za odnim) (Russian), друг за другом (drug za drugom) (Russian), поочерёдно (poočerjódno) (Russian), consecutivo (Spanish), arka arkaya (Turkish), послідо́вний (poslidóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-back-to-back-en-adj-7FMH2-7a Disambiguation of 'sequential or consecutive': 90 3 3 1 3
  2. With one's back facing that of somebody else. Tags: not-comparable Translations (with one's back facing somebody else's back): seläkkäinen (Finnish), dos à dos (French), ghąąjįʼ (Navajo), спина́ в спи́ну (spyná v spýnu) (Ukrainian)
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  3. (physics, by extension) Emerging in exactly opposite directions. Tags: broadly, not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-back-to-back-en-adj-FX45STmz Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear, Tags: not-comparable Translations ((house) having a party wall at the rear): espaldera [feminine] (Spanish)
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  5. (poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”). Tags: not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): Poker Synonyms: wired [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-back-to-back-en-adj-tIFHHQ4b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 7 22 19 3 18 10 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 3 17 8 19 20 3 15 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 11 4 30 22 1 25 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 19 6 23 19 2 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 20 5 24 20 1 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 16 7 22 21 5 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 14 4 28 19 2 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 1 15 7 24 22 3 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 16 7 22 21 5 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 16 7 22 21 5 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 14 4 28 19 2 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 17 5 25 20 2 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 16 6 22 21 5 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 16 7 22 21 5 17 10 Topics: card-games, poker

Adverb

IPA: /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} back-to-back (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of back to back Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: back to back
    Sense id: en-back-to-back-en-adv-vYgKX3ik

Noun

IPA: /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/ Forms: back-to-backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back-to-back (plural back-to-backs)
  1. A house with a party wall at the rear.
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  2. (oil industry) One of a pair of rig workers who are rostered on alternately. Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-back-to-back-en-noun-2JqrDRDU Categories (other): English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 3 17 8 19 20 3 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 19 6 23 19 2 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 20 5 24 20 1 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 17 5 25 20 2 21 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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