cudgel one's brains

A form of cudgel one's brain — To think hard and try to remember something.

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Meanings

verbcudgel one's brains (third-person singular simple present cudgels one's brains, present participle (US) cudgeling one's brains or (UK) cudgelling one's brains, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled one's brains or (UK) cudgelled one's brains)

present singular third person cudgels one's brains · US participle present cudgeling one's brains · UK participle present cudgelling one's brains · US participle past cudgeled one's brains · US past cudgeled one's brains · UK participle past cudgelled one's brains · UK past cudgelled one's brains

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APA

cudgel one's brains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudgel%20one's%20brains

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cudgel one's brains,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudgel%20one's%20brains.

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