🍖 A neck cut 🪤 To strangle 🤼 To handle roughly 🗑️ To throw away 🦴 A thin person

to scrag

1 9.9

To grab someone roughly by the neck

verb

Offensive

: agarrar por el cuello

He scragged the thief by the collar until the police arrived.

Examples

Don't scrag him like that!
The bully scragged his classmate before the teacher intervened.
During the scuffle, one player scragged another in an attempt to win the ball.
Why did you scrag the dog by its collar?
The rough man grabbed the thief and scragged him by the neck to stop his escape.
The coach had to scrag the ball player during practice to get him to focus.
He was so angry that he felt the urge to scrag the kid who stole his lunch.

Antonyms

to caress

55 3.4

To touch someone or something gently to show love

to handle with care

4 3.5

To treat someone or something gently to avoid harm

Compounds

scrag end

9.9

A thin, lean piece from the neck of lamb or veal for cooking

How Forceful

to throttle

Offensive

3 8.8

to scrag

Offensive

1 9.9

to grab

∞ 1.0

to touch

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

scrag infinitive

scragged past

scragged past participle

scragging present participle

scrags third person singular

Etymology

Scrag also means to seize or handle someone roughly, often by the neck or collar, and this sense follows naturally from the word's original connection to the 'neck'.