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brain cramps

brain cramps is the plural 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

Questions about brain cramps

What is brain cramps the plural of?
Brain cramps is the plural of brain cramp.

Words near brain cramps in the dictionary

  1. brain cloud
  2. brain clouds
  3. brain coral
  4. brain corals
  5. brain cramp
  6. brain cramps
  7. brain damage
  8. brain damages
  9. brain day
  10. brain days
  11. brain dead

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