Head-scratcher

Quick meaning: Head-scratcher is a noun meaning (figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.

Meaning

(figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.

More Meanings

1. (literally) A device used to scratch the head.

Example Sentences

Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher

As nice as it is, the current American taste for that place (where Ellen DeGeneres lives) [Cotswolds] is a head-scratcher.

Her aunt's husband or her grandfather brings a head scratcher. "If the maid scratched her hair or body with her fingers during these days of observance, her hair would fall out."

"A judge will decide what is the most logical, although I'm sure to some judges [freezing the body] will seem like science fiction and a wild scheme," McDonald said. "Other judges make think this is a good thing. It will be a head scratcher for the judge."

Word Forms

• head-scratchers
• headscratcher

Synonyms for head-scratcher

Depending on context, synonyms include poser, stumper, nutcracker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include headstick, probehead, scopperil, dentiscalp, decapper, plexor.

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