Scrag Definition
skrăg
scragged, scragging, scrags
noun
scrags
A lean, scrawny person or animal.
Webster's New World
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
The human neck.
Webster's New World
(Scotland) A scrog.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- skin-and-bones
- thin person
- scrag end
Antonyms:
- fat person
verb
scragged, scragging, scrags
To choke or wring the neck of; hang; throttle; garrote.
Webster's New World
To harass, to manhandle.
Wiktionary
To kill or destroy.
Wiktionary
Origin of Scrag
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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
Perhaps from dialectal crag neck from Middle English cragge from Middle Dutch crāghe throat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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