cudgel one's brain
English
Alternative forms
Verb
cudgel one's brain (third-person singular simple present cudgels one's brain, present participle (US) cudgeling one's brain or (UK) cudgelling one's brain, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled one's brain or (UK) cudgelled one's brain)
- (UK, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.
- Synonym: rack one's brain
Translations
rack one's brain — see rack one's brain
References
- “cudgel your brains”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “cudgel your brain s” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “cudgel ones brains”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “cudgel one's brain”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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