scrag

Meanings

Plural: scrags

Noun

• a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
• lean end of the neck
• the lean end of a neck of veal
• 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.

Verb

• strangle with an iron collar
• wring the neck of
• To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
• To harass; to manhandle.
• To destroy or kill.

Synonyms

choke, garotte, garrote, garrotte, scrag end, skin and bones, thin person

Antonyms

fat person