scratch one's head
scratch one's head verb: to puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.
Verb
scratch one's head (third-person singular simple present scratches one's head, present participle scratching one's head, simple past and past participle scratched one's head)
- To puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.
- Faced with a box full of hundreds of small parts and forty pages worth of assembly instructions, he could do little more than stand there and scratch his head.
- But Sunderland will be left scratching their heads at the result after creating enough chances to have won two games in a refreshingly open and frantic first period.2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC
Forms of scratch one's head
| third-person singular present | scratches one's head |
|---|---|
| present participle | scratching one's head |
| past participle | scratched one's head |
| past | scratched one's head |
Origin of scratch one's head
scratch + one's + head
Questions about scratch one's head
- What does scratch one's head mean?
- Scratch one's head means to puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.
- What part of speech is scratch one's head?
- Scratch one's head is a verb.
- What is the past tense of scratch one's head?
- The past tense of scratch one's head is scratched one's head.
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