| NOUN | person | scrag, thin person, skin and bones | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
|---|---|---|---|
| food | scrag | lean end of the neck | |
| food | scrag, scrag end | the lean end of a neck of veal | |
| VERB | contact | scrag, garrote, garrotte, garotte | strangle with an iron collar |
| contact | scrag, choke | wring the neck of |
| Meaning | A person who is unusually thin and scrawny. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | thin person, skin and bones | |
| Narrower | spindlelegs, spindleshanks | A thin person with long thin legs |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Opposite | fatso, fatty, fat person, roly-poly, butterball | A rotund individual |
| Spanish | pelleja | |
| Adjectives | scraggy | being very thin |
| Meaning | lean end of the neck. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | neck | A cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
| Broader | cut of mutton | cut of meat from a mature sheep |
| Verbs | scrag | wring the neck of |
| Meaning | The lean end of a neck of veal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | scrag end | |
| Part of | neck | A cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
| Broader | cut of veal | cut of meat from a calf |
| Spanish | pescuezo | |
| Verbs | scrag | wring the neck of |
| Meaning | strangle with an iron collar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to scrag the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | garrote, garrotte, garotte | |
| Broader | strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
| Spanish | agarrotar, torcer el pescuezo | |
| Catalan | garrotar | |
| Meaning | Wring the neck of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | choke | |
| Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
| Spanish | asfixiar, estrangular, torcer el pescuezo | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, escanyar, estrangular, ofegar, sufocar | |
| Nouns | scrag | the lean end of a neck of veal |
| scrag | lean end of the neck | |
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