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Meaning of 'scrag' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scrag [ n.]
- Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
- A rawboned person.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

Meaning of 'scrag' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scrag [ v]
Meaning (1):
- strangle with an iron collar
Example in sentence:
  • people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain
Meaning (2):
- wring the neck of
Example in sentence:
  • The man choked his opponent

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag-necked scragged scraggedness scraggily

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