back-to-back

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/ === Adjective === back-to-back (not comparable) Sequential or consecutive. With one's back facing that of somebody else. (physics, by extension) Emerging in exactly opposite directions. (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear. (poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”). ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === back-to-back (not comparable) Alternative form of back to back. === Noun === back-to-back (plural back-to-backs) A house with a party wall at the rear. (oil industry) One of a pair of rig workers who are rostered on alternately.