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scrag  (skrg)

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.

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[Perhaps from dialectal crag, neck, from Middle English cragge, from Middle Dutch crghe, throat.]

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scrag [skræg]

n

1. a thin or scrawny person or animal

2. (Cookery) the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal the neck of a human being

vb scrags, scragging, scragged (tr)

Informal to wring the neck of; throttle

[perhaps variant of crag; related to Norwegian skragg, German Kragen collar]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scrag - a person who is unusually thin and scrawny skin and bones, thin person individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" spindlelegs, spindleshanks - a thin person with long thin legs
	2.	scrag - lean end of the neck neck - a cut of meat from the neck of an animal cut of mutton - cut of meat from a mature sheep
	3.	scrag - the lean end of a neck of veal scrag end neck - a cut of meat from the neck of an animal cut of veal - cut of meat from a calf
Verb	1.	scrag - strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" garotte, garrote, garrotte strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
	2.	scrag - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" choke constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

Translations

scrag [skræg]

A. N → pescuezo m

B. VT [+ animal] → torcer el pescuezo a [+ person] → dar una paliza a

scrag

n (also scrag end) → Hals m

vt (sl: = kill) → abmurksen (inf)