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
scragged
verb
1
as in whacked
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- whacked
- butchered
- murdered
- snuffed
- neutralized
- rubbed out
- put away
- carried off
- bumped off
- finished
- offed
- dispatched
- felled
- knocked off
- killed
- iced
- wasted
- cut down
- slaughtered
- destroyed
- got
- croaked
- took out
- blotted out
- mowed
- decimated
- claimed
- annihilated
- killed off
- slew
- massacred
- executed
- assassinated
- did in
- martyred
- terminated
- smote
- took
- euthanatized
- put down
- euthanized
- suicided
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- revived
- restored
- raised
- resurrected
- animated
- resuscitated
- nurtured
2
as in garroted
Synonyms & Similar Words
- garroted
- throttled
- garotted
- choked
- strangled
- smothered
- suffocated
- stifled
- asphyxiated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- revived
- restored
- resuscitated