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- Dictionaryscrag/skraɡ/
verb
- 1. handle roughly; beat up: informal British "my brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him"
- 2. kill by strangling or hanging: archaic US "many an honester man than her has been scragged"
noun
- 1. an unattractively thin person or animal: "his companion was a thin scrag of a man"
- 2. a person's neck. archaic, informal
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a rawboned or scrawny person or animal; the lean end of a neck of mutton or veal —called also scrag end; neck… See the full definition
4 meanings: 1. a thin or scrawny person or animal 2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton 3. informal the neck of a human.... Click for more definitions.
a person who is unusually thin and scrawny. synonyms: skin and bones, thin person. see more. noun. lean end of the neck. see more. noun. the lean end of a neck of veal. synonyms: scrag end.
n. 1. A bony or scrawny person or animal. 2. A piece of lean or bony meat, especially a neck of mutton. 3. Slang The human neck. tr.v. scragged, scrag·ging, scrags Slang. To wring the neck of; strangle. [Perhaps from dialectal crag, neck, from Middle English cragge, from Middle Dutch crāghe, throat .]
Scrag definition: a lean or scrawny person or animal.. See examples of SCRAG used in a sentence.
Origin of Scrag. Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectical Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink. From Wiktionary.
1. a lean, scrawny person or animal. [...] 2. a thin, stunted tree or plant. [...] 3. the neck, or back of the neck, of mutton, veal, etc. [...] 5. Slang. to choke or wring the neck of; hang; throttle; garrote. [...] More. Conjugations of 'scrag' present simple: I scrag, you scrag [...] past simple: I scragged, you scragged [...]
Jun 3, 2024 · scrag (plural scrags) ( archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal. [from the 16th c.] 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan: In any event he might have wakened the long scrag by so doing. ( archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end. ( archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep. ( Scotland) A scrog.
Definitions of 'scrag' 1. a thin or scrawny person or animal. [...] 2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton. [...] 3. informal. the neck of a human being. [...] 4. informal. to wring the neck of; throttle. [...] More. Conjugations of 'scrag' present simple: I scrag, you scrag [...] past simple: I scragged, you scragged [...]
scrag /skræɡ/ n. a thin or scrawny person or animal. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton. informal the neck of a human being. vb (scrags, scragging, scragged ) (transitive) informal to wring the neck of; throttle.
