scrag

Meaning

Noun

1. A thin or scrawny person or animal.
2. The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
3. The neck, especially of a sheep.
4. A scrog.
5. (slang) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
6. (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.

Synonyms

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

Etymology

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