scrag

/skræg/
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Other forms: scragged; scrags; scragging

Definitions of scrag
  1. noun
    a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
    synonyms: skin and bones, thin person
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    types:
    spindlelegs, spindleshanks
    a thin person with long thin legs
    type of:
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being
  2. noun
    lean end of the neck
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    type of:
    cut of mutton
    cut of meat from a mature sheep
  3. noun
    the lean end of a neck of veal
    synonyms: scrag end
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    type of:
    cut of veal
    cut of meat from a calf
  4. verb
    wring the neck of
    synonyms: choke
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    type of:
    compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze
    squeeze or press together
  5. verb
    strangle with an iron collar
    synonyms: garotte, garrote, garrotte
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    type of:
    strangle, strangulate, throttle
    kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
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