noun
General Slang
heart check
· noun · prison
A jump on a new inmate to see if he'll fight back.
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An unprovoked attack on a newcomer — usually by a gang or wing crew — purely to find out whether he's got the bottle to swing back. Stand up and you might get respect or a recruitment offer. Curl up and you're marked as a victim for the rest of your stretch.
“First day on the yard they ran a heart check on him; he caught one of them with a chair leg and they left him alone after that.”
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heart check In A Sentence
First day on the yard they ran a heart check on him; he caught one of them with a chair leg and they left him alone after that.
Origin & Usage
American prison and gang slang. 'Heart' here means courage; the 'check' is the test.
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