scrag
1 of 2noun
ˈskrag 
1
: a rawboned or scrawny person or animal
2
a
: the lean end of a neck of mutton or veal
called also scrag end
b
: neck
scrag
2 of 2verb
scragged; scragging
transitive verb
1
a
: to execute by hanging or garroting
b
: to wring the neck of
2
a
: choke
b
: manhandle sense 1
c
: kill, murder
Word History
Etymology
Noun
perhaps alteration of crag entry 2
First Known Use
Noun
1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
scragging
verb
1
as in cutting down
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cutting down
- bumping off
- rubbing out
- taking out
- putting away
- knocking off
- carrying off
- finishing
- murdering
- killing off
- blotting out
- wasting
- offing
- neutralizing
- butchering
- doing in
- killing
- destroying
- snuffing
- whacking
- claiming
- slaying
- slaughtering
- getting
- dispatching
- icing
- mowing
- decimating
- annihilating
- euthanatizing
- executing
- taking
- felling
- croaking
- putting down
- assassinating
- massacring
- smiting
- martyring
- terminating
- euthanizing
- suiciding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raising
- restoring
- animating
- reviving
- resurrecting
- nurturing
- resuscitating
2
as in garotting
Synonyms & Similar Words
- garotting
- throttling
- suffocating
- choking
- strangling
- garroting
- asphyxiating
- smothering
- stifling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- restoring
- reviving
- resuscitating