scrag C2+ Topic:People & Society US /skræɡ/ UK /skræɡ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a scrawny person or animal, or the lean end of a neck of mutton The butcher trimmed the scrag from the lamb for the stew. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a scrawny person or animal,... wringthrottlestranglemanhandle Word family Derived forms scraggy Related forms scraggyscraggly Etymology AI details Of obscure origin, recorded from the 16th century; probably a variant of 'crag' (in the dialectal sense 'neck'), with prosthetic s-, ultimately of Celtic origin. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # scrag **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /skræɡ/ **IPA (UK):** /skræɡ/ ## Meanings 1. a scrawny person or animal, or the lean end of a neck of mutton ## Examples - The butcher trimmed the scrag from the lamb for the stew. ## Synonyms - wring - throttle - strangle - manhandle ## Derived Forms - scraggy ## Related Forms - scraggy - scraggly ## Etymology Of obscure origin, recorded from the 16th century; probably a variant of 'crag' (in the dialectal sense 'neck'), with prosthetic s-, ultimately of Celtic origin. ## AI Etymology Scrag is of obscure origin, recorded from the 16th century; probably a variant of 'crag' (in the dialectal sense 'neck'), with prosthetic s-, ultimately of Celtic origin. The quoted older senses, "crag" and "neck", supply the semantic anchors for scrag. In present English it is used as a noun, "a scrawny person or animal, or the lean end of a neck of mutton". English derivatives include scraggy; related English forms include scraggy and scraggly. The result is a noun and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - People & Society markdown