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head-scratchings

head-scratchings is the plural of head-scratching.

Meaning of head-scratching

Noun

head-scratching (plural head-scratchings)

  1. (idiomatic) Confusion.
    • […] Milly got out of her basket to reconsider the matter. It took some deliberation and head scratching to decide the best method; […]1869 April, Carl Bernard, “Milly’s Bossy”, in Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, volume XXIX, number 4 (number 172 overall), Boston, Mass.: Office American Union, Flag of Our Union, and Novelette, No. 63...

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Forms of head-scratchings

alternative formhead scratchings

Questions about head-scratchings

What is head-scratchings the plural of?
Head-scratchings is the plural of head-scratching.

Words near head-scratchings in the dictionary

  1. head-scarf
  2. head-scarves
  3. head-scratcher
  4. head-scratchers
  5. head-scratching
  6. head-scratchings
  7. head-shrinker
  8. head-shrinkers
  9. head-shy
  10. Head-Smashed-In
  11. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

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