back-to-back

back-to-back

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/

Adjective

back-to-back (not comparable)

1. sequential or consecutive.

   Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back home runs.

   They sat through two back-to-back movies.

   • 2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC‎:

     An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.

2. With one's back facing that of somebody else.
3. (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear

   We lived in a row of back-to-back houses.

Translations

sequential or consecutive

Finnish: peräkkäinen (fi), perättäinen (fi) Norwegian: back-to-back

Russian: оди́н за одним (ru) (odín za odnim), друг за другом (ru) (drug za drugom), поочерёдно (ru) (poočerjódno)

with one's back facing somebody else's back

Finnish: seläkkäinen French: dos à dos (fr)

Navajo: ghąąjįʼ

(house) having a party wall at the rear

Spanish: espaldera f

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French: (please verify) dos à dos (fr) Romanian: (please verify) spate în spate

Turkish: (please verify) sırt sırta (tr)

Adverb

back-to-back

1. With one's back facing that of somebody else.

   Stand back-to-back so that we can see which of you is taller.

Translations

with back facing somebody else's back

Finnish: seläkkäin, selätysten

French: dos à dos (fr)

Noun

back-to-back (plural back-to-backs)

1. A house with a party wall at the rear.