scragging

English

Verb

scragging

  1. present participle and gerund of scrag

Noun

scragging (plural scraggings)

  1. (slang, dated) A beating.
    • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 26:
      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.’
    • 2022, Barry Anthony, Pimple's Progress: Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star, page 57:
      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 […]
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