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scrag definition

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

Etymology: 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 scrag′·ging

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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