scrag
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrag in British English:
UK [skræg]
How to pronounce scrag in American English:
US [skræg]
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- Noun:
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
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- Verb:
- strangle with an iron collar
- wring the neck of
Word Origin
- scrag (n.)
- 1540s, "lean person or animal, a raw-bones;" perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian skragg "a lean person;" dialectal Swedish skraka "a great, dry tree; a long, lean man," skragge "old and torn thing," Danish skrog "hull of a ship, carcass," Icelandic skröggr, a nickname of the fox); perhaps from root of shrink.
Example
- 1. Why does the barber shave prefer to give 10 scrag not give a fat shave ?
- 2. George , whose neck was three feet of scrag and whose skin would have made several dozen purses , all thick , dry leather , didn 't care two hoots .