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heart checks

heart checks is the plural of heart check.

Meaning of heart check

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

Questions about heart checks

What is heart checks the plural of?
Heart checks is the plural of heart check.

Words near heart checks in the dictionary

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

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