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Definition

To puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.

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Origins

scratch + one's + head

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In Context

  • "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."
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See Also

  • head-scratcher
  • head scratcher
  • head-scratching
  • head scratching
  • SMH
  • smh