scrag
Plural: scrags
Noun
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
- A thin or scrawny person or animal.
- The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
- The neck, especially of a sheep.
- A scrog.
- A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- A rough or unkempt woman.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Verb
Verb Forms: scragged, scragging, scrags
- To wring the neck of an animal; to seize roughly.
- strangle with an iron collar
- wring the neck of
- To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
- To harass; to manhandle.
- To destroy or kill.
Examples
- He felt like he had to SCRAG every possible point from his rack to win.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.
Antonyms
fat person
Scrabble Score: 8
scrag: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscrag: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scrag: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
scrag: valid Words With Friends Word