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scrag

[ skrag ]
/ skræg /
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noun

a lean or scrawny person or animal.
the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.
Slang. the neck of a human being.

verb (used with object), scragged, scrag·ging.

Slang. to wring the neck of; hang; garrote.
Metallurgy. to test (spring steel) by bending.

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Origin of scrag

First recorded in 1535–45; obscurely akin to crag2

Words nearby scrag

SCPO, SCQF, SCR, scrabble, scrabbly, scrag, scraggly, scraggy, scram, scramasax, scramb
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Words related to scrag

stretch, execute, hoist, swing, noose, lynch, gibbet, string up

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British Dictionary definitions for scrag

scrag
/ (skræɡ) /

noun

a thin or scrawny person or animal
the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton
informal the neck of a human being

verb scrags, scragging or scragged (tr)

informal to wring the neck of; throttle

Word Origin for scrag

C16: perhaps variant of crag; related to Norwegian skragg, German Kragen collar
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