Associations to the word «Scrag»

SCRAG, noun. (archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal. [from the 16th c.]

SCRAG, noun. (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.

SCRAG, noun. (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.

SCRAG, noun. (Scotland) A scrog.

SCRAG, noun. (Australia) (slang) (derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.

SCRAG, noun. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

SCRAG, verb. (obsolete) (colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to strangle or garotte or choke.

SCRAG, verb. To harass, to manhandle.

SCRAG, verb. To kill or destroy.

SCRAG WHALE, noun. A North Atlantic whalebone whale, Eschrichtius gibbosus. By some it was considered the young of the right whale, but is now generally considered to be part of an extinct population of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.

SCRAG, noun. A person who is unusually thin and scrawny.

SCRAG, noun. Lean end of the neck.

SCRAG, noun. The lean end of a neck of veal.

SCRAG, verb. Strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain".

SCRAG, verb. Wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent".