Scrag – 1. An unattractively thin person or animal 2. Handle roughly; beat up

(Pronounced skrag)

To remember the definition of the word scrag, use the following mnemonic:

Should be thrown on a scrap heap as they are so ragged (scrag) and unattractively thin, both the man and the dog (person or animal).

Examples of scrag in a sentence (unattractively thin person or animal)

Starving in the streets, the bony scrag begged for food from those passing by her famished body. 

Tired of people calling him a scrag, the skinny boy is now lifting weights and eating fattening foods. 

Looking as if it had been starved for several weeks, the scrag of a deer wandered into the clearing in search of food. 

Examples of scrag in a sentence (Handle roughly; beat up)

My brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him.

I think they will scrag me if I walk down that dark alley.

A scrag between players was becoming a regular thing at the Sunday league football.