Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scrag
Participle: scragged
Gerund: scragging
Indicative
Present
| I | scrag |
| you | scrag |
| he;she;it | scrags |
| we | scrag |
| you | scrag |
| they | scrag |
Perfect
| I | have scragged |
| you | have scragged |
| he;she;it | has scragged |
| we | have scragged |
| you | have scragged |
| they | have scragged |
Past
| I | scragged |
| you | scragged |
| he;she;it | scragged |
| we | scragged |
| you | scragged |
| they | scragged |
Pluperfect
| I | had scragged |
| you | had scragged |
| he;she;it | had scragged |
| we | had scragged |
| you | had scragged |
| they | had scragged |
Future
| I | will scrag |
| you | will scrag |
| he;she;it | will scrag |
| we | will scrag |
| you | will scrag |
| they | will scrag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scragged |
| you | will have scragged |
| he;she;it | will have scragged |
| we | will have scragged |
| you | will have scragged |
| they | will have scragged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scrag |
| you | scrag |
| he;she;it | scrag |
| we | scrag |
| you | scrag |
| they | scrag |
Perfect
| I | have scragged |
| you | have scragged |
| he;she;it | have scragged |
| we | have scragged |
| you | have scragged |
| they | have scragged |
Imperfect
| I | scragged |
| you | scragged |
| he;she;it | scragged |
| we | scragged |
| you | scragged |
| they | scragged |
Pluperfect
| I | had scragged |
| you | had scragged |
| he;she;it | had scragged |
| we | had scragged |
| you | had scragged |
| they | had scragged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scrag |
| you | would scrag |
| he;she;it | would scrag |
| we | would scrag |
| you | would scrag |
| they | would scrag |
Perfect
| I | would have scragged |
| you | would have scragged |
| he;she;it | would have scragged |
| we | would have scragged |
| you | would have scragged |
| they | would have scragged |
Imperative
| you | scrag |
| we | Let's scrag |
| you | scrag |
Verbs conjugated like 'scrag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scrag'
scag,
scrab,
scrage,
scram,
scran,
scrap,
scrat,
sprag,
brag,
clag,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink. See: Swedish '
skragge'.
Sample Sentences
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An enthusiastic mob will scrag me to a certainty the day war breaks out. [1899, Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, “Atoms of Empire”, in Pall Mall Magazine:]
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'...I urged him ... to ... try the Ickenham System ... a little thing I knocked together in my bachelor days ... it has a good many points in common with all-in wrestling and osteopathy. I generally recommend it to diffident wooers and it always works like magic...'
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Johnny stared.
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'You mean you told McMurdo to … scrag her?' [1958, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 15, in Cocktail Time:]
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[...] I went out lookin' for a line of retreat for my men. A man found me. I abolished him—privatim—scragged him. [1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Slaves of the Lamp. Part II.”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 258:]
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But they'll scrag you for it, you know, if you do. They scrag anyone who speaks to me. [2009, Steve Augarde, Celandine, →ISBN, page 162:]