1. Lean end of the neck
   "The butcher recommended scrag for making a flavourful broth"
    
2. The lean end of a neck of veal
   "The scrag end was perfect for making a flavourful veal stock";
   - scrag end [Brit]
    
3. A person who is unusually thin and scrawny
   "Despite eating constantly, he remained a scrag all his life";
   - thin person, skin and bones [informal]

1. [N. Amer, informal] Wring the neck of
   "The man scragged his opponent";
   - choke
    
2. Strangle with an iron collar
   "people were scragged during the Inquisition in Spain";
   - garrote [N. Amer], garrotte [Brit, Cdn], garotte

Derived forms: scragged, scrags, scragging

Type of: choke, compact, compress, constrict, contract, cut of mutton, cut of veal, individual, mortal, person, press, somebody, someone, soul, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, throttle

Antonym: fatty [informal]

Part of: neck

Encyclopedia: Scrag