scrag meaning and definition

SCRAG noun

Definition of scrag (noun)

1. a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
   • synonyms: skin and bones, thin person
   • antonym: butterball
2. lean end of the neck
3. the lean end of a neck of veal
   • synonyms: scrag end

SCRAG verb

Definition of scrag (verb)

1. strangle with an iron collar
   • "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
   • synonyms: garotte, garrote, garrotte
2. wring the neck of
   • "The man choked his opponent"
   • synonyms: choke