head scratcher

Noun

Meaning

head scratcher (plural head scratchers)

Alternative form of head-scratcher.

A device used to scratch the head.

(informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.
Synonyms: poser, stumper

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head-scratcher

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Examples

It wasn't easy dethroning Mitch McConnell as America's least favorite Senator, but Jeff Flake has done that in just three short months, a new poll out Monday reveals — and his fall from rising-star grace is not quite the head-scratcher you might think. Source: Internet

KC (2-3 overall, 1-2 in conference play) has lost back-to-back conference games -- they lost to Blinn last Saturday in a one-score game, then dropped to NEO yesterday in a head-scratcher. Source: Internet

Topping a private pyrotechnic display was the head-scratcher, he says, but the answer came from someone else’s book. Source: Internet

“It’s a real head-scratcher as somebody who’s got to choose the side but as a bigger picture it’s a great place to be in as a team. Source: Internet

Rotman’s biggest head-scratcher involves his statement about reinventing health care and education. Source: Internet

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