Meaning of くびをひねる in Japanese

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Definition of くびをひねる

  1. (exp, v5r) to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

    私はその数学の難問に首をひねった。
    I puzzled over the difficult math problem.

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