noun
1.
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
2.
the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.
3.
Slang. the neck of a human being.
verb (used with object)
4.
Slang. to wring the neck of; hang; garrote.
5.
Metallurgy. to test (spring steel) by bending.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a thin or scrawny person or animal |
| 2. | the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton |
| 3. | informal the neck of a human being |
| —vb , scrags, scragging, scragged | |
| 4. | informal to wring the neck of; throttle |
| [C16: perhaps variant of | |
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