scrag

1. 1.

   a person who is unusually thin and scrawny

   Synonymsthin personskin and bones

   Broaderperson

   Narrowerspindlelegs
2. 2.

   lean end of the neck

   Broadercut of mutton

   Part ofneck
3. 3.

   the lean end of a neck of veal

   Synonymsscrag end

   Broadercut of veal

   Part ofneck

1. 1.

   strangle with an iron collar

   “people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain”

   Synonymsgarrotegarrottegarotte

   Broaderstrangle
2. 2.

   wring the neck of

   “The man choked his opponent”

   Synonymschoke

   Broadercompress

Other forms of scrag

plural

scrags·

past tense or participle

scragged

present participle

scragging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scrag

What does scrag mean?

scrag means "a person who is unusually thin and scrawny". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scrag?

scrag has 1 syllable: scrag.

What is another word for scrag?

Close synonyms include thin person, skin and bones, scrag end, garrote, garrotte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrag a common word?

scrag is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.