scrag.
A thin or scrawny person or animal.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.
To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
To harass; to manhandle.
To destroy or kill.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.
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