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SCRAG
scrag, scrag end
(noun) the lean end of a neck of veal
scrag
(noun) lean end of the neck
choke, scrag
(verb) wring the neck of; “The man choked his opponent”
garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag
(verb) strangle with an iron collar; “people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scrag (plural scrags)
(archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal. [from the 16th c.]
(archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
(archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.
(Scotland) A scrog.
(UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
(Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Verb
scrag (third-person singular simple present scrags, present participle scragging, simple past and past participle scragged)
(obsolete, colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
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To harass;, to manhandle.
To destroy or kill.
Anagrams
• CAGRs, crags
Source: Wiktionary
Scrag, n. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n.]
1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. Thackeray.
2. A rawboned person. [Low] Halliwell.
3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch. Scrag whale (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus giddosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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