scrag

American  

[skrag] / skræg /

noun

1. a lean or scrawny person or animal.

2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.

3. Slang. the neck of a human being.

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verb (used with object)

scragged, scragging

1. Slang. to wring the neck of; hang; garrote.

2. Metallurgy. to test (spring steel) by bending.

scrag British  

/ skræɡ /

noun

1. a thin or scrawny person or animal

2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton

3. informal the neck of a human being

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verb

1. informal to wring the neck of; throttle

Etymology

Origin of scrag

First recorded in 1535–45; obscurely akin to crag ²

Example Sentences

Centre Emma Orr scragged Dow with a stretching cover tackle as the England wing bore down on the line after a charge down.

From BBC

For this she was put to scragging, second-picking the bushes that had a few inferior puffs left on the twigs by swifter hands than hers.

From Literature

Petri takes it but he’s scragged and knocks on on halfway.

From The Guardian

He steps and goes, but is well scragged on halfway by Denton.

From The Guardian

After all, eggs hatched at 40 plus, like mine, represent the scrag end of the market.

From The Guardian

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