brain freeze

noun

: a sudden shooting pain in the head caused by ingesting very cold food (such as ice cream) or drink

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Baltimore had a brain freeze. —

Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021 The Major League Eating speed-eating record for guzzling a 22-ounce Slurpee at 7-Eleven is 9 seconds, held by Patrick Bertoletti, who immediately thereafter suffered sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, more commonly called brain freeze or an ice cream headache. —

Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022 Colder than a brain freeze. —

Lacey Vorrasi-banis, EW.com, 22 June 2021 Experiencing brain freeze? —

Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 11 Dec. 2020 The Times’ Lucas Kwan Peterson tried a brain freeze-inducing 45 drinks to complete the ultimate ranking. —

Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023 Jorge Serrador , who carried out the research, speculates that brain freeze is a self-defense mechanism for the brain. —

Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2012 But all this came back to mind over the past few days, after Rick Perry's famous brain freeze during the recent debate. —

Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2011 Ira, that must’ve been a pretty bad brain freeze for you on that trip. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2022 See More

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