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   scrag

   /skraɡ/

   verb

   • 1. handle roughly; beat up: informal British "my brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him"
   • ▪ grasp (an opponent) by placing an arm around the neck: "he was scragged by Budd and Cooper came away with the ball"
   • 2. kill by strangling or hanging: archaic US "many an honester man than her has been scragged"
   • ▪ kill; murder: informal, dated US "you can think up a nicer way of scragging me than by drowning, because you know I loathe water"

   noun

   • 1. an unattractively thin person or animal: "his companion was a thin scrag of a man"
   • 2. a person's neck. archaic, informal

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun): perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag ‘neck’. The verb (mid 18th century) developed the sense ‘handle roughly’ from the early use ‘hang, strangle’.

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   What does scrag mean?

   • That night they lay behind Scrag Island, and with the first dawn of the morning were under way again. Scrag, skrag, n. anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the neck. Scrag definition: a lean or scrawny person or animal.. See examples of SCRAG used in a sentence.

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   What does Skragg mean?

   • Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog ( hull, carcass ); perhaps related to shrink . scrag (plural scrags) 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.

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   What does Scrog mean?

   • A lean, scrawny person or animal. A thin, stunted tree or plant. The human neck. (Scotland) A scrog. To choke or wring the neck of; hang; throttle; garrote. To harass, to manhandle. To kill or destroy.

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   What is the meaning of the word scrage?

   • Click to adopt the word scrage ...but would be worth 9 points. Help us improve our data, are the results above correct? Know an interesting fact about the word scrage? Let us know 1. A scrape or graze. 1. To scrape or graze ( typically one' s knee).

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   Scrag can be a noun or a verb, meaning a rawboned or scrawny person or animal, or to execute, wring, or kill someone or something. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, and usage examples of scrag.

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   Scrag can mean a thin or scrawny person or animal, the lean end of a neck of meat, or the neck of a human being. It can also be a verb meaning to wring the neck of or test spring steel.

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   Scrag definition: a lean or scrawny person or animal.. See examples of SCRAG used in a sentence.

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   Scrag is a noun that means a bony or scrawny person or animal, a piece of lean meat, or the human neck. It is also a verb that means to wring the neck of or strangle someone. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples.

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   Definitions of scrag. noun. 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.

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   Jun 3, 2024 · scrag (third-person singular simple present scrags, present participle scragging, simple past and past participle scragged) (obsolete, colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.

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   noun. scrags. A lean, scrawny person or animal. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A thin, stunted tree or plant. Webster's New World. The neck, or back of the neck, of mutton, veal, etc. Webster's New World.