scratch one's head en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
scratch + one's + head
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.
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: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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scratches one's head | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| scratched one's head | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| scratched one's head | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| scratching one's head | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
head scratching · head scratcher · SMH · head-scratcher · smh · head-scratching