Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scrag
nounscragging (plural scraggings)
plural scraggings
- datedslangA beating.
Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang. […] ‘That’s beastly talk, Thompson. Jolly well take it back or expect a good scragging.’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 261 more example
Consequently, the red nosed recipient of various duckings, scraggings, and backside beatings was soon to find himself presiding over the nine circles of hell in Pimple's Inferno […]
2022, Barry Anthony, Pimple's Progress: Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star, page 57
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