1. a thin or scrawny person or animal
Usage: informal
2. the lean end of a neck of mutton or veal
Usage: culinary

1. to wring the neck of; to kill by strangling
Usage: informal

Examples

• The poor scrag of a dog looked like it hadn’t eaten in days.
• She was just a scrag of a girl, all bones and no meat.
• The butcher sold the scrag end at a discount.
• We made soup from the scrag of lamb.
• The farmer had to scrag the injured chicken.
• He threatened to scrag anyone who crossed him.