scrag

Meanings

1. A thin or scrawny person or animal.
2. The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
3. The neck, especially of a sheep.
4. A scrog.
5. A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
6. A rough or unkempt woman.
7. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

1. To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
2. To harass; to manhandle.
3. To destroy or kill.

Etymology

Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink.