scrag

Meanings

Noun

  • A thin or scrawny person or animal.
  • The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
  • The neck, especially of a sheep.
  • A scrog.
  • A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
  • A rough or unkempt woman.
  • A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

Verb

Origin

  • Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.

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