scag

or skag

[ skag ]

noun

, Slang.

1. heroin.

scag

¹

/ skæɡ /

noun

1. a tear in a garment or piece of cloth

verb

1. tr to make a tear in (cloth)

scag

²

/ skæɡ /

noun

1. a slang name for heroin

Word History and Origins

Origin of scag¹

First recorded in 1965–70; of obscure origin; compare earlier scag cigarette butt

Word History and Origins

Origin of scag¹

apparently related to Old Norse skaga to project

Example Sentences

The poem became “Jones Comin’ Down,” a haunting track told from the perspective of an addict who “needs me some scag / Pawn my brother’s doo-rag / To cop me a transparent thin bag.”

From Washington Post

And, according to government chemists at the sparkling new labs in the capital’s Estonian Forensic Science Institute, it is anywhere between 100 and a thousand times stronger than the scag it replaced.

From Time

Related Words

• dope
• drug
• narcotic
• smack