SCRAG (scragged, scragging)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: scragged    , scragging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrag mean? 

• SCRAG (noun)
  The noun SCRAG has 3 senses:

1. a person who is unusually thin and scrawny

2. lean end of the neck

3. the lean end of a neck of veal

  Familiarity information: SCRAG used as a noun is uncommon.

• SCRAG (verb)
  The verb SCRAG has 2 senses:

1. strangle with an iron collar

2. wring the neck of

  Familiarity information: SCRAG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is unusually thin and scrawny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

scrag; skin and bones; thin person

Hypernyms ("scrag" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrag"):

spindlelegs; spindleshanks (a thin person with long thin legs)

Derivation:

scraggy (being very thin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lean end of the neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("scrag" is a kind of...):

cut of mutton (cut of meat from a mature sheep)

Holonyms ("scrag" is a part of...):

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

Derivation:

scrag (wring the neck of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The lean end of a neck of veal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

scrag; scrag end

Hypernyms ("scrag" is a kind of...):

cut of veal (cut of meat from a calf)

Holonyms ("scrag" is a part of...):

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

Derivation:

scrag (wring the neck of)

• SCRAG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scrag    ... he / she / it scrags   
Past simple: scragged   
Past participle: scragged   
-ing form: scragging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strangle with an iron collar

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag

Context example:

people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain

Hypernyms (to "scrag" is one way to...):

strangle; strangulate; throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to scrag the prisoners

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wring the neck of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

choke; scrag

Context example:

The man choked his opponent

Hypernyms (to "scrag" is one way to...):

compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

scrag (the lean end of a neck of veal)

scrag (lean end of the neck)

 Context examples 

Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)