'To cudgel one's brains' definitions:
Definition of 'To cudgel one's brains'
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- Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled (-?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.] To beat with a cudgel. [1913 Webster]
- An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits. [1913 Webster]