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head scratcher, headscratcher

語源

From head +‎ scratcher. Literal sense from 1873, figurative from 1971.

発音

(米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɛdˌskɹæt͡ʃɚ/ (please verify)

名詞

head-scratcher (plural head-scratchers)

(figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.

Synonyms: poser, stumper, nutcracker
- 2007 December, “Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher”, in Daily News Tribune‎:
  
  Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher
- 2002 July, “Attorney: Williams' Kids Near Compromise About Father 's Remains”, in Fox News‎:
  
  "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."
- 2025 August 23, Janan Ganesh, “How English costs the English”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:
  
  As nice as it is, the current American taste for that place (where Ellen DeGeneres lives) [Cotswolds] is a head-scratcher.
(literally) A device used to scratch the head.

Hypernyms: scratcher < device

Coordinate term: backscratcher
- 2004, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art‎, →ISBN, page 133:
  
  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."

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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2014/10/21 12:39 UTC 版)

名詞

headscratcher (複数形 headscratchers)

Alternative form of head-scratcher.

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