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ice cream headaches

ice cream headaches is the plural of ice cream headache.

Meaning of ice cream headache

Noun

ice cream headache (plural ice cream headaches)

  1. A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating ice cream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head.
    • In my wilder days as a winter surfer we all knew about the sickening frontal headache that resulted within seconds of driving through a breaking wave. The pain continued for 20 to 30 seconds, only to be reinforced by the next breaking wave. Even then (35 years ago) we always referred to the pain as...Harris, Mark (6 September 1997), “Cerebral vasoconstriction causing decrease in arterial flow may have role”, in Ice cream headache, volume 315, number 609
    Synonyms:
    brain freeze

Questions about ice cream headaches

What is ice cream headaches the plural of?
Ice cream headaches is the plural of ice cream headache.

Words near ice cream headaches in the dictionary

  1. ice cream cones
  2. ice cream float
  3. ice cream floats
  4. ice cream hair
  5. ice cream headache
  6. ice cream headaches
  7. ice cream maker
  8. ice cream makers
  9. ice cream parlor
  10. ice cream parlors
  11. ice cream parlour

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