Definition of: scrag

(skrag) v.t. scragged, scrag·ging Colloq.
To use roughly; wring the neck of; specifically, to kill by hanging; garrote. [<noun]
—noun
1. Something thin or lean and rough; a lean or bony piece or end of meat, especially from the neck.
2. Slang The neck.
3. A lean, bony person or animal. [Prob. <Scand. Cf. Norw. skragg a lean, feeble person.]