scag
/skæɡ/noun, verb
scag is spelled S-C-A-G: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scag means “Heroin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scag is scags.
How many letters and syllables are in scag?
| Letters | 4: S-C-A-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scag?
Scag appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scag?
- /skæɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scag.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scag
- scags plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- skag
- scagging participle, present
- scagged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scag mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangHeroin.
- 2
derogatoryslangA woman of loose morals.
- 3
USdatedslangA cigarette.
verb
- 1
To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.
That last power hit scagged the system disk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scag come from?
Unknown. Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).