scrag

(skrag)

noun

  1. a lean, scrawny person or animal
  2. a thin, stunted tree or plant
  3. the neck, or back of the neck, of mutton, veal, etc.
  4. Slang the human neck

Origin: prob. < ON, as in Norw skragg, feeble, stunted person, Dan skrog, ON skröggr, fox (nickname) < IE base *(s)ker-, to shrivel, shrink

transitive verb scragged, scragging

Slang to choke or wring the neck of; hang; throttle; garrote

See scrag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A bony or scrawny person or animal.
  2. A piece of lean or bony meat, especially a neck of mutton.
  3. Slang The human neck.
transitive verb scragged scragged, scrag·ging, scrags
Slang
To wring the neck of; strangle.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from dialectal crag, neck

Origin: , from Middle English cragge

Origin: , from Middle Dutch crāghe, throat

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