noun
- plural of scrag: thin or scrawny necks of animals, especially used for food
- plural of scrag: thin, bony, or scrawny people or animals
Usage: culinary
Usage: informal
verb
- third person singular present of scrag: seizes by the neck; throttles
Usage: informal
Examples
- The butcher sold lamb scrags for making stew.
- She bought some beef scrags to make soup stock.
- The poor scrags in the yard looked underfed.
- He scrags the chicken before preparing it for dinner.
- The farmer scrags the weeds from his garden.
- Those scrags of mutton will make a hearty broth.