scrag

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal.
2. (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
3. (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.
4. (Scotland) A scrog.
5. (UK, derogatory, slang) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
6. (Australia, derogatory, slang) A rough or unkempt woman.
7. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

Verb

1. (colloquial, obsolete) To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
2. To harass; to manhandle.
3. To destroy or kill.

Concepts

étrangler

tourmenter

collet

maigrichonne

s’étrangler

skin and bones

maigrichon

Synonymes

choke

garrotte

scrag end

garotte

skin and bones

garrote

neck

strangle

strangulate

throttle

thin person

hang

slaughter

spew

gorge

veal scallopini

suffocate

kill

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manhandle

maw

throat

neckband

Traductions

boğarak öldürmek

individuo scheletrico

torcere il collo

escanyar

strangolare

άσαρκο κόκκαλο

sufocar

أعدم

den Hals umdrehen

Gerippe

αδύνατος

λαιμός

ofegar

ισχνό άτομο

erwürgen

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à norvégien: skragg

Appartenant à suédois: skragge

Appartenant à danois: skrog

In summary

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