scrag

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thin or scrawny person or animal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
3. noun The neck, especially of a sheep.
4. noun A scrog. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. noun A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
6. noun A rough or unkempt woman.
7. noun A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
8. verb To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.

Similar words

choke garrotte garotte scrag end scrag-end scroag scrump scrog scrapegut scard

Often followed by

of end whale and ends or you me him

Word family

scrag end scragged scragging scrags