rap back

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.

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Meanings

nounrap back (plural rap backs)

plural rap backs

  1. USA 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.
verbrap back (third-person singular simple present raps back, present participle rapping back, simple past and past participle rapped back)

present singular third person raps back · participle present rapping back · participle past rapped back · past rapped back

  1. transitiveTo return by rappelling.
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APA

rap back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20back

MLA

“rap back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20back. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rap back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20back.

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