Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rap back

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
rap back
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A notification that someone who previously passed a fingerprinting or background check has since been arrested or otherwise done something that may have or would have changed the results of the earlier check.

American usage

verb

To return by rappelling.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

rap backs (plural) raps back (present, singular) rapping back (participle, present) rapped back (participle, past) rapped back (past)

Questions

What does rap back mean?
A notification that someone who previously passed a fingerprinting or background check has since been arrested or otherwise done something that may have or would have changed the results of the earlier check.

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