brain freeze

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === brain freeze (usually uncountable, plural brain freezes) (informal) A pain in the head from eating or drinking something cold; a cold-stimulus headache. (psychology) Failure to remember something, with the sense that recall is imminent. 2011, James N. Laditka et al., "Older adults' concerns about cognitive health: commonalities and differences among six United States ethnic groups", Ageing and Society, vol. 31 (7), p. 1214: I call it a brain freeze at this age, but whenever you have some kind of a problem remembering something, you think, oh, you know, you automatically think about Alzheimer’s. ==== Synonyms ==== (pain in the head): ice cream headache (failure to remember): tip of the tongue, presque vu ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Ice-cream headache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia