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cudgeling one's brain

cudgeling one's brain is the present participle and gerund of cudgel one's brain.

Meaning of cudgel one's brain

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)

  1. (UK, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.

Questions about cudgeling one's brain

What is cudgeling one's brain the present participle and gerund of?
Cudgeling one's brain is the present participle and gerund of cudgel one's brain.

Words near cudgeling one's brain in the dictionary

  1. cudgeled one's brain
  2. cudgeled one's brains
  3. cudgeler
  4. cudgelers
  5. cudgeling
  6. cudgeling one's brain
  7. cudgeling one's brains
  8. cudgelings
  9. cudgelled
  10. cudgelled one's brain
  11. cudgelled one's brains

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