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heart check

heart check noun: a physical attack on a newly-arrived prisoner to determine whether they're willing to fight.

Noun

heart check (plural heart checks)

  1. (slang) A physical attack on a newly-arrived prisoner to determine whether they're willing to fight.
    • I knew about heart checks from Rossetti – one of the few members of my security team who'd been to prison.2014, Shaun Attwood, Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America's Toughest Jail

Forms of heart check

pluralheart checks

Questions about heart check

What does heart check mean?
Heart check means a physical attack on a newly-arrived prisoner to determine whether they're willing to fight.
What part of speech is heart check?
Heart check is a noun.
What is the plural of heart check?
The plural of heart check is heart checks.

Words near heart check in the dictionary

  1. heart breakers
  2. heart cake
  3. heart cakes
  4. heart cam
  5. heart cams
  6. heart check
  7. heart checks
  8. heart clover
  9. heart clovers
  10. heart disease
  11. heart diseases

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