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单词 scrag
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
scrag  (skrag),USA pronunciation n., v., scragged, scrag•ging. 
n. 
  1. a lean or scrawny person or animal.
  2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.
  3. Slang Termsthe neck of a human being.

v.t. 
  1. Slang Termsto wring the neck of;
    hang;
    garrote.
  2. Metallurgyto test (spring steel) by bending.
  • obscurely akin to crag2 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scrag /skræɡ/ n
  1. a thin or scrawny person or animal
  2. the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton
  3. informal the neck of a human being
vb (scrags, scragging, scragged)(transitive)
  1. informal to wring the neck of; throttle
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps variant of crag; related to Norwegian skragg, German Kragen collar
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