What does scrag mean?
Definitions for scrag
skrægscrag
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Princeton's WordNet
thin person, skin and bones, scragnoun
a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
scragnoun
lean end of the neck
scrag, scrag endverb
the lean end of a neck of veal
garrote, garrotte, garotte, scragverb
strangle with an iron collar
"people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
choke, scragverb
wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent"
Wiktionary
scragnoun
A thin or scrawny person or animal.
scragnoun
The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
scragnoun
The neck, especially of a sheep.
scragnoun
A scrog.
scragnoun
A rough or unkempt woman.
scragverb
To hang on a gallows, or to strangle or garotte or choke.
scragverb
To harass, to manhandle
scragverb
To kill or destroy.
Etymology: Perhaps related to skragg (a lean person), dialectical skragge (old and torn thing), skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SCRAGnoun
Any thing thin or lean.
Etymology: scraghe, Dutch.
Webster Dictionary
Scragnoun
something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck
Scragnoun
a rawboned person
Scragnoun
a ragged, stunted tree or branch
Etymology: [Cf. Scrag.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scrag
skrag, n. anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the neck.—v.t. to put to death by hanging.—adjs. Scrag′ged, Scrag′gy, lean and rough: uneven, rugged.—ns. Scrag′gedness, Scrag′giness.—adv. Scrag′gily.—adjs. Scrag′gly, rough-looking; Scrag′-necked, having a long, thin neck.—n. Scrag′-whale, a finner whale, having the back scragged. [Scand., Sw. prov. shraka, a tall tree or man, shrokk, anything shrivelled—Norw. skrekka, to shrink.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scrag in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scrag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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