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cudgel one's brain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
cud-gel one's brain
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to think hard and try to remember something.

British usage; Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

cudgels one's brain (present, singular) cudgeling one's brain (US, participle) cudgelling one's brain (UK, participle) cudgeled one's brain (US, participle) cudgeled one's brain (US, past) cudgelled one's brain (UK, participle) cudgelled one's brain (UK, past) cudgel one's brains (alternative)

Synonyms

rack one's brain

Questions

What does cudgel one's brain mean?
to think hard and try to remember something.

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