cudgel one's brain (English, verb)
expansion: cudgel one's brain (third-person singular simple present cudgels one's brain, present participle (US) cudgeling one's brain or (UK) cudgelling one's brain, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled one's brain or (UK) cudgelled one's brain)
Senses:
glosses: to think hard and try to remember something.
tags: UK
dated
figuratively
Forms:
form: cudgels one's brain
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cudgeling one's brain
tags: US
participle
present
form: cudgelling one's brain
tags: UK
participle
present
form: cudgeled one's brain
tags: US
participle
past
form: cudgeled one's brain
tags: US
past
form: cudgelled one's brain
tags: UK
participle
past
form: cudgelled one's brain
tags: UK
past
form: cudgel one's brains
tags: alternative