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Scrag

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Noun

1. scrag, skin and bones, thin person

a person who is unusually thin and scrawny

2. scrag

lean end of the neck

3. scrag, scrag end

the lean end of a neck of veal

Verb

4. garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag

strangle with an iron collar

Example Sentences:
'people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain'

5. choke, scrag

wring the neck of

Example Sentences:
'The man choked his opponent'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scrag

see synonyms of scrag
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
verbWord forms: scrags, scragging or scragged (transitive)
4. informal
to wring the neck of; throttle

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Scrag

see synonyms of scrag
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
verb transitiveWord forms: scragged or ˈscragging
5.  Slang
to choke or wring the neck of; hang; throttle; garrote

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scrag

see synonyms of scrag
n.
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.
tr.v. scragged, scrag·ging, scrags
Slang
To wring the neck of; strangle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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