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headscratcher

headscratcher is the alternative form of head-scratcher.

Meaning of head-scratcher

Noun

head-scratcher (plural head-scratchers)

  1. (figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.
    • Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher2007 December, “Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher”, in Daily News Tribune
  2. (literally) A device used to scratch the head.
    • Her aunt's husband or her grandfather brings a head scratcher. "If the maid scratched her hair or body with her fingers during these days of observance, her hair would fall out."2004, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art, →ISBN, page 133

Forms of headscratcher

pluralheadscratchers

Questions about headscratcher

What is headscratcher the alternative form of?
Headscratcher is the alternative form of head-scratcher.

Words near headscratcher in the dictionary

  1. headscarfless
  2. headscarfs
  3. headscarved
  4. headscarves
  5. headscissors
  6. headscratcher
  7. headscratchers
  8. headset
  9. headset rumble
  10. headsets
  11. headsetted

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