scrag
/skræg/
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Definition
Noun:
- The lean end of a neck of veal or mutton: The bony, less meaty part of an animal's neck, especially from a calf or sheep, often used for making stock or soup.
- A person who is unusually thin and scrawny: (Informal, often derogatory) A very thin, bony, or gaunt person.
Verb:
- To wring the neck of; to strangle: To kill or attack by squeezing the throat.
- To execute or kill by garrotting: To strangle with a ligature, such as an iron collar or cord.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The recipe calls for a scrag of mutton to flavor the broth.
- He was a tall scrag of a man, all skin and bones.
Verb:
- The villain threatened to scrag the hero if he didn't cooperate.
- Historical accounts state that heretics were scragged during the Inquisition.
Advanced Usage
- "Scrag-end": Specifically refers to the inferior, bony end of a neck of meat.
- She bought some scrag-end of lamb to make a cheap, hearty stew.
Variants and Related Words
- Scraggy (adj): Thin and bony; scrawny.
- The old tree had scraggy branches.
- Scrag-gly (adj): Rough, irregular, or untidy in form or growth.
- He had a scrag-gly beard.
Synonyms
- Noun (for a thin person): Beanpole, skeleton, rake, bag of bones.
- Verb (to strangle): Throttle, choke, garrotte, wring the neck of.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
(This word does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs. Its verbal use is typically direct and transitive.)
Related Idioms
- "To be on the scrag": (Archaic/Rare slang) To be in danger of being hanged or executed.
- The thief knew he was on the scrag if the constable caught him.
Noun
- the lean end of a neck of veal
- lean end of the neck
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
Verb
- wring the neck of
- The man choked his opponent
- strangle with an iron collar
- people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain