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Definition: TO RACK ONE'S BRAINS |
TO RACK ONE'S BRAINS1. To exert them to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something. Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear. |
Expression using "TO RACK ONE'S BRAINS": to rack one's brains out. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO RACK ONE'S BRAINS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | sich den Kopf zerbrechen. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | töri a fejét (rack one's brains, to be up to no good, to cudgel one's brains, to puzzle, to puzzle one's brains, to set one's wits to work to). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 脳味噌'絞る , '悩ます , 思案'凝らす . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | しあ"'"らす, のうみそ'しぼる, あたま'なやます. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay ackray one'say ainsbray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-b-c-e-i-k-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-s-t" | |
-5 letters: carbonations, contrariness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 52 41 43 4B 4F 4E 45 27 53 42 52 41 49 4E 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   R A C K   O N E ' S   B R A I N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0052 0041 0043 004B 004F 004E 0045 0027 0053 0042 0052 0041 0049 004E 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925235374524948399532365235434853 |
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