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cudgelling one's brain

cudgelling 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 cudgelling one's brain

What is cudgelling one's brain the present participle and gerund of?
Cudgelling one's brain is the present participle and gerund of cudgel one's brain.

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