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brain-cramp

brain-cramp is the alternative form of brain cramp.

Meaning of brain cramp

Noun

brain cramp (plural brain cramps)

  1. (figuratively) A temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental task of which one would ordinarily be capable.
    • "I can't remember. I've got a cramp of the brain. Do you mind hitting me over the head?"
      "What for?"
      "To make me forget the last two minutes, and take away my brain cramp."1944, D. H. Lawrence and Frieda Lawrence, The First Lady Chatterley (original version of Lady Chatterley's Lover, 2005 reprint), ch. 20, p. 264

Forms of brain-cramp

pluralbrain-cramps

Questions about brain-cramp

What is brain-cramp the alternative form of?
Brain-cramp is the alternative form of brain cramp.

Words near brain-cramp in the dictionary

  1. brain zap
  2. brain zaps
  3. brain-bending
  4. brain-bucket
  5. brain-buckets
  6. brain-cramp
  7. brain-cramps
  8. brain-damaged
  9. brain-dead
  10. brain-deads
  11. brain-drain

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