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cudgels one's brain

cudgels one's brain is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cudgels one's brain

What is cudgels one's brain the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cudgels one's brain is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cudgel one's brain.

Words near cudgels one's brain in the dictionary

  1. cudgelling
  2. cudgelling one's brain
  3. cudgelling one's brains
  4. cudgellings
  5. cudgels
  6. cudgels one's brain
  7. cudgels one's brains
  8. Cudgen
  9. Cudgera Creek
  10. cudgerie
  11. Cudgewa

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