"scrags" in the noun sense

1. thin person, skin and bones, scrag

a person who is unusually thin and scrawny

2. scrag

lean end of the neck

3. scrag, scrag end

the lean end of a neck of veal

"scrags" in the verb sense

1. garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

strangle with an iron collar

"people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

2. choke, scrag

wring the neck of

"The man choked his opponent"

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