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wracking one's brain

wracking one's brain is the present participle and gerund of wrack one's brain.

Meaning of wrack one's brain

Verb

wrack one's brain (third-person singular simple present wracks one's brain, present participle wracking one's brain, simple past and past participle wracked one's brain)

  1. Eggcorn of rack one's brain.

Questions about wracking one's brain

What is wracking one's brain the present participle and gerund of?
Wracking one's brain is the present participle and gerund of wrack one's brain.

Words near wracking one's brain in the dictionary

  1. wrackedst
  2. wrackest
  3. wracketh
  4. wrackful
  5. wracking
  6. wracking one's brain
  7. wrackingly
  8. wrackline
  9. wracklines
  10. wracks
  11. wracks one's brain

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